Current Events > Has there been a u.s. president in your lifetime that you really liked...

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...and respected? Yeah i mean like thought very highly of

Lol no

Just Bush, and Trump. Other than that, nah.

Obama for a while there, unfortunately the office seems to come with certain conditions that make you do evil things

LincolnDuncan posted...

Obama for a while there, unfortunately the office seems to come with certain conditions that make you do evil things

why do you say you only liked obama for a while?

Vicious_Dios posted...

Just Bush, and Trump. Other than that, nah.

You actually respect Trump? That's embarrassing. Like seriously says a lot about you

Voting him because there's no other option is one thing, but respecting just makes you a bad person

No, Obama was the closest.

ironman2009 posted...

No, Obama was the closest.

clinton was cool too. You didn't like him?

GranTurismo posted...

clinton was cool too. You didn't like him?

Wasn't really politically aware at that time.

Bill Clinton. If there was a button to go back to the 90s I'd press it in a heartbeat

Vicious_Dios posted...

Just Bush, and Trump. Other than that, nah.

This should be a ban tbqh. Support for Trump is well beyond a red flag at this point.

I like some things about Obama but overall I'm not a fan

GranTurismo posted...

why do you say you only liked obama for a while?

learning about the drone strikes made it hard to keep a positive outlook

LincolnDuncan posted...

learning about the drone strikes made it hard to keep a positive outlook

Do you mean going after those terrorists? Why did you have a problem with that?

GranTurismo posted...

Do you mean going after those terrorists? Why did you have a problem with that?

He ordered drone strikes that had some significant civilian casualties, IIRC

Obama.

David Palmer

I respect all three Democratic presidents we've had in my life, even if just for the fact that they did / are doing the best they can under the political circumstances surrounding them. Of course, there's things I don't like about each. Obama didn't always seem to put much thought before authorizing drone strikes. Clinton put his dick before the interests of the country and could have brought on political turmoil if he hadn't been so lucky (it's more the recklessness while serving the highest position than what he actually did, not to say I have any sympathy for him with that cause either). Biden has done the least for which I can actually blame him. He can't help what happens to the brain as you age and he is actually doing pretty well mentally for his age, all considering.

Yawn_Master2 posted...

Obama.

I remember being genuinely pleasantly surprised when he was elected (I honestly thought the US wouldn't take such a step). It seemed like a corner had been turned and there was hope for the future.

Regrettably I now look at the world and think...
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I wasn't old enough to remember Bush Sr., any thoughts about Clinton just brings up Monica Lewinsky and jazz, Bush Jr was a joke, Obama seemed chill and connected other than the love of droning everything, tldr how Trump is shit tier as both a person and president, and Biden feels like living through Weekend at Bernie's but there haven't really been serious fuckups that he is directly responsible for I think

So for me it's Obama > Clinton > Biden >>>>>> Bush Jr >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Trump

So far none of them.

I liked Bush, Obama, and Trump. I probably would of liked Clinton too but I was born in '94 so I dont have a true opinion.

Don't really like Biden.

I was in HS and college though most of Clinton's presidency, so my view may be skewed, but I felt (other than some race relations stuff) the country was in a pretty decent place during his tenure as President.

BunkerBoy posted...

You actually respect Trump? That's embarrassing. Like seriously says a lot about you

Voting him because there's no other option is one thing, but respecting just makes you a bad person

Voting for him in 2020 is no different than the rest imo because you saw how his 4 years played out and legitimately thought to yourself that it was a good idea reelect him.

lol I maybe spend like an hour on these boards total over a week and barely remember usernames nowadays, so old tags are useful

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/3/5/AAUJMyAAE1mn.png

I have no idea how old that tag is but hopefully this saves time for some people in the future

Carter has dignity. He is too good for the office. If there was a Republican in office instead of him, we probably would have reneged on our agreement to give the Canal to Panama.

Cokewave posted...

I liked Bush, Obama, and Trump. I probably would of liked Clinton too but I was born in '94 so I dont have a true opinion.

Don't really like Biden.

This is a weird take to see on here. Probably not too weird for the country, but definitely weird for this site.

Will_VIII posted...

Voting for him in 2020 is no different than the rest imo because you saw how his 4 years played out and legitimately thought to yourself that it was a good idea reelect him.

I honestly have yet to hear any argument that actually holds water of how Biden's handled his position poorly, especially in comparison the four years prior. What do you mean to look at how the last four years have played out? I can't think of what has gone wrong over the past four years other than the past administration's Supreme Court appointees continuing to undermine years and years of civil rights work. Anything negative I can think of stems from the shit show we had running the country from 2017-2020. Then think about how much more fucked up shit would Biden if he weren't president. Here, we find the world is even more fucked because not only are we still out the Paris Agreement, but we show no sign of reversing course and likely no other developed country feels any extra incentive to put in any more effort than they are now. If you really think we'd be better off right now if Trump was still president, you epitomize to me how American selfishness is a leading cause for fucking up the world for future generations.

Edit: Realizing this was probably referring to people who voted for Trump in 2020 rather than those who voted Biden in 2020 or plan to vote Biden in 2024. So that was probably a lot of hot air for nothing haha. Still depressing though that there are people out there that would like to act like we are regressing from where we were under Trump.

no

no and there never will be

Obama, definitely.

Jimmy Carter.
Dude was an abysmal president, but he actually did something meaningful once out of office, instead of random commencement speeches and maybe a book or two.

Carter as a person post office. Anyone else no.

Also he gets some respect being a farmer.

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RuneterranSnap posted...

He ordered drone strikes that had some significant civilian casualties, IIRC

So one bad decision amongst all the good he tried to do wipes all the good out?
Can't set the bar that high.

Probably Biden. My biggest gripes with him are not really doing enough about climate.

Shamino posted...

So one bad decision amongst all the good he tried to do wipes all the good out?
Can't set the bar that high.

I'll be fair here, Obama 's expansion of drone use to commit assassinations of dubious legality under international law was not exactly America's finest hour.

Overall my assessment of Obama would be centrist (for the US) technocrat.

Not to say he wasn't infinitely preferable to what came next of course.

Vicious_Dios posted...

Just Bush, and Trump. Other than that, nah.

right wingers flock together