We haven't had a real Democratic president since Andrew Jackson.

[Drunken Irishman]

[villager]

1. FDR?

I do think he was the last, however...

[Demoiselle]

5. Harry Truman? Jack Kennedy? (Just asking, not picking a fight.)

[Drunken Irishman]

6. You mean Harry I Dropped the Bomb And Then Escalated The Cold War Truman and...

Jack I Only Half-Assed It On Civil Rights Kennedy?

There is a point to this. I obviously do not believe Jackson was the last Democratic president.

[WI_DEM]

24. good grief, Jack Kennedy was a moderate and cold warrior if DU were around then

they would have complained about him too.

[FormerDittoHead]

23. +1 FDR was "The Beatles" of Democrats.. n/t

[emulatorloo]

2. LOL n/t

[apocalypsehow]

3. Edit: never mind: I'm a bit slow on the uptake at times. Good one!

:thumbsup: :rofl:

[Phx_Dem]

4. lol. I'm sure you would have plenty wrong with him if you'd been around then.

;(

[dana_b]

7. ah yes!

jacksa chula harjo -
The Creek Indian killer and the one who started the Indian removal (Trail of Tears). Great!!

[sarge43]

10. Thank you. n/t

[Frances]

14. The Trail of Tears

was a horror.

Maybe the original poster's point was that there is no perfect President.

FDR is a hero of mine, but he did allow Japanese American citizens to be interned. His wife didn't approve, but I think FDR wanted to keep the majority of Americans united against the Axis. Doing the right thing by the Japanese Americans would have divided the Democrats and the country.

As someone has pointed out, Harry Truman dropped 2 atomic bombs on Japan. I'm old enough to understand that decision. I had an uncle and a first cousin fighting in the Pacific. The first cousin was a radio man and although he survived the war with no major physical injuries, he was, as my mother said, "never the same after the war."

Most historians believe that hundreds of thousands more Americans and Japanese would have died had the war continued along conventional lines. Look at how hard the Germans fought at the end and how many Americans and Germans died in the last months of that theater of war. The Japanese would have fought even harder. They were teaching women and children how to fight in that last summer. Just watch Ken Burns' series on World War II to understand where Truman was coming from.

[Drunken Irishman]

16. Frances...

You show that no president is perfect. Every president has done some questionable things. It comes with power and responsibility. You can't justify it - hell, you don't even need to accept it. But we all know there isn't going to the pure president. Someone who does everything right in every crisis.

[ruggerson]

8. Jackson was DLC

who are you trying to kid?

[sudopod]

17. I don't know about that.

but he was a terrible bastard.

[NoPasaran]

9. Who am I to argue?

Old Hickory RULZ!

[asdjrocky]

11. You're very sad and lonely, aren't you?

[Drunken Irishman]

12. Not anymore now that you're here!

I'm surprised you haven't given up on the internet because it isn't completely to your liking.

[stevenleser]

18. LOL!!!! Had to pick my rump up off the floor and put it back in my chair after that one

priceless!!

[Armstead]

13. We haven't had one since LBJ --(yes I acknowledge Vietnam as a screw up)

LBJ got caught in the swamp of Vietnam.

But domestically, they have all been Corporate Conservatives since then.

[Clio the Leo]

15. We need an Old Hickory Purity Test. NT

[Pirate Smile]

19. Even the Country's Greatest President got rid of habeas corpus. He was also too slow to fire his

generals.

They all suck.

I say we let the anarchists have their chance.

:evilgrin:

[SemiCharmedQuark]

20. Jackson was a fascist! Jefferson was the last Democratic President we had.

You know...the slave owner.

[PVnRT]

21. Uh....

Andrew Jackson, that great Indian butcher? Who championed the spoils system? Ignored the Supreme Court when he felt like it? Shut down the Bank of the United States? Who regretted not killing VP Calhoun?

Sorry, no.

[Mass]

22. Jackson? Really? The inventor of the spoils system and responsible of Indian removal and the Trail

of tears.

Not exactly whom I would call a great president.

Let's talk about Kennedy or Johnson (though I disagree with their foreign policies)

[Extend a Hand]

25. my grandfather born in 1903

was named after him.

[Moochy]

26. Figures you were keen on his policies

[hedgehog]

27. Umm, no.

How could any decent Irishman ignore that?


Not to mention, not only was Jackson a slave holder, but he promised slaves their freedom if they fought for him at the Battle of New Orleans, then reneged on the deal.

[Orsino]

28. It might be about time to admit that being a "real" Democrat...

...includes just about every damned Democratic president.