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Which one? I still can't decide on one.
I have been home sick and found myself researching the Presidents. yes boredome makes you do weird things.....

I wanted to see if there was any pattern or why they were chosen, what they did or didn't do etc...
I even compared the presidents before women's right to vote and after to see if they were better looking
and it seems they are... so I wonder if the women vote on appearance as well. A women chooses her mate
with certain qualities in mind so I wanted to see if they were choosing their president this way as well....

I am currently looking at the picks this year and the better looking candidate (IMO) is Romney...go figure.
Seems our women like a complete package. Ref to Obama....

So now I'm looking at all of them to fill my little brain with some history and wondered if some of you
had a favorite all time president and why? Maybe the new-comers can look back and learn. I can only hope.

Coolidge seemed to be quiet but very effective in controlling the money. I like that.

Looks like Obama is a Hoover "Re-do"....

I like Ike!

General Eisenhower was a good leader, could work with people well.

the one who couldnt get out of the bathtub, if he was as libertarian as i remember him to be.

Eisenhower for me, too, but only because he was the only president I ever saw. Back in the summer of 1960 he made a farewell trip to England, and a pal and I --- both 17 at the time --- got the chance to see him. We'd been boating in Regents Park, and as we left we wondered what all the crowds were for. A copper told us, and we climbed a wall to get a good vantage point. A procession came by, and Ike, in an open limo, waved to us standing on the wall, and I responded by waving my copy of the Evening Standard back at him. Maybe that moment prompted me, four years later, to join the American army.

All joking apart, he was a good man, despite what other folk on this forum have said because of the Bonus Army brouhaha. Ike, like any other American soldier before or after him, was following a politician's orders.

I like the dead ones in my pocket.

I'm with you, Calvin was the last hands off POTUS. And the best of the 20th Century.

Looks like LBJ really screwed a lot of things up. jmo

Washington, because he stepped down voluntarily and didn't make himself king. He also stopped a bunch of military officers from launching an insurrection that would've either led to military rule in America or a civil war. I've heard that the speech he gave to the officers pondering revolt over not getting paid caused many of them to burst into tears. Dunno if that's true or not, but I imagine it might be judging by this account of it:

This speech was not very well received by his men. Washington then took out a letter from a member of Congress explaining the financial difficulties of the government.

After reading a portion of the letter with his eyes squinting at the small writing, Washington suddenly stopped. His officers stared at him, wondering. Washington then reached into his coat pocket and took out a pair of reading glasses. Few of them knew he wore glasses, and were surprised.

"Gentlemen," said Washington, "you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for I have not only grown gray but almost blind in the service of my country."

In that single moment of sheer vulnerability, Washington's men were deeply moved, even shamed, and many were quickly in tears, now looking with great affection at this aging man who had led them through so much. Washington read the remainder of the letter, then left without saying another word, realizing their sentiments.

His officers then cast a unanimous vote, essentially agreeing to the rule of Congress. Thus, the civilian government was preserved and the experiment of democracy in America continued.

Source: http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/washington.htm

MikeFL86 wrote:Washington, because he stepped down voluntarily and didn't make himself king. He also stopped a bunch of military officers from launching an insurrection that would've either led to military rule in America or a civil war. I've heard that the speech he gave to the officers pondering revolt over not getting paid caused many of them to burst into tears. Dunno if that's true or not, but I imagine it might be judging by this account of it:

This speech was not very well received by his men. Washington then took out a letter from a member of Congress explaining the financial difficulties of the government.

After reading a portion of the letter with his eyes squinting at the small writing, Washington suddenly stopped. His officers stared at him, wondering. Washington then reached into his coat pocket and took out a pair of reading glasses. Few of them knew he wore glasses, and were surprised.

"Gentlemen," said Washington, "you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for I have not only grown gray but almost blind in the service of my country."

In that single moment of sheer vulnerability, Washington's men were deeply moved, even shamed, and many were quickly in tears, now looking with great affection at this aging man who had led them through so much. Washington read the remainder of the letter, then left without saying another word, realizing their sentiments.

His officers then cast a unanimous vote, essentially agreeing to the rule of Congress. Thus, the civilian government was preserved and the experiment of democracy in America continued.

Source: http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/washington.htm

iirc, GW also created the Federal Marshals, probably the only "constitutional" federal LEA

As our first President, and one of our founding fathers, I will always revere Washington. A man I wish I had the honor to meet. I keep the picture below hanging in our living room.

ALL THE WAY WITH LBJ!! Worse than Jimmy and Barrack?
Great society, war on poverty, Lady Bird's little beautify America project. Worse was LBJ and George Bush Sr. working together for the GCA '68.
Then comes Richard Nixon with the Wage & Price Freeze to fight inflation? And Tricky was the Father of the war on drugs. In my opinion the second biggest infringement on our civil rights.

Tom Fernandez wrote:As our first President, and one of our founding fathers, I will always revere Washington. A man I wish I had the honor to meet. I keep the picture below hanging in our living room.

I Love that pick! I'll have to admit that I saw the horse first.... ya ya ya
It's a Dappled Grey - I have a Dappled Palomino!

I can't read the writing (too small) was he morning someone?

P5 guy wrote:ALL THE WAY WITH LBJ!! Worse than Jimmy and Barrack?
Great society, war on poverty, Lady Bird's little beautify America project. Worse was LBJ and George Bush Sr. working together for the GCA '68.
Then comes Richard Nixon with the Wage & Price Freeze to fight inflation? And Tricky was the Father of the war on drugs. In my opinion the second biggest infringement on our civil rights.

Ya - LBJ was before my time and I wanted to know who was in charge when the GCA Act was written so I
read about him the other day - boy did he break everything he touched or what?! lol I see he didn't get re-elected. lol

Teddy Roosevelt. A wise man with lots of good quotes.

“Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.”
“Believe you can and you're halfway there.”
"The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.”
“To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society.”

And so on.....
Link,,, http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/ ... _Roosevelt

pyrguns2003 wrote:I can't read the writing (too small) was he morning someone?

"I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last solemn act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God and those who have the superintendence of them into His holy keeping."

From his last speech he gave on his last day of his presidency I believe.

George Washington, for sure, because he didn't want to be President, turned down being King George and kept the new country together.
Oh yes, and he was honest, honorable and worthy of respect.
It's been all downhill since.
Here's hoping you feel better soon, Pam.
Maybe you're just allergic to horses.

Warren G. Harding

He won World War II and defeated the Japanese at the Washington Naval Conference in 1921.

jjk308 wrote:Warren G. Harding

He won World War II and defeated the Japanese at the Washington Naval Conference in 1921.

How did he win WW II?

After Washington? Because he is the no-brainer of all-time.