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| Topic | Who's your favorite American President? |
| streamofthesky 02/19/18 5:21:05 PM #18: | Nomak-54 posted... Noop_Noop posted...Teddy strikes me as one of very few honest men to ever hold the office Yeah, Teddy Roosevelt is probably my favorite. Just awesome dude, and seemed to genuinely be trying to help out the people w/ trust busting, FDA, national parks system, etc... Plus he came the closest to busting the two party system anyone ever has...at the expense of putting Wilson in office (though Taft wasn't any better, so meh) And for the sake of naming a more obscure President...#2 choice would be James Monroe. Dude was so popular by the whole country that he basically ran unopposed the 2nd election, and one elector had to "go rogue" and vote for someone else just to keep him from being the only president other than Washington to get a 100% sweep of the electoral college. You don't unite the country that much w/o being really damn good at your job, and the Monroe Doctrine is one of the best lasting presidential legacies we've ever had (yes, I know he didn't write it, he's still the one who delivered it and had the guts to tell the European super powers to leave the New World alone). ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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