Who were your favorite presidents?

[Magikrazy]

I'd like to know what presidents people liked.

And I realize I already made a thread like this, but I made the poll in a weird way so not every president was on it and I don't think I can change it.

Plus, I'd rather make a new thread than bump an old one.

 

[Dr. Javelin]

Washington for his establishment of two-terms and his hatred of the two-party system.
Jefferson for Louisiana Purchase and helping stop Federalists from taking over the country.
Madison for writing a bunch of good Federalist Papers.
Lincoln for being moderate. Or rather as moderate as he could be, circumstances considered.
Teddy Roosevelt for his awesome progressivism and trust-busting. Also for being all-around awesome. How many people can take a bullet and then give a speech the next hour?
FDR... he did what he had to do. Can't say I support all the New Deal stuff, but really I blame LBJ more for expanding them far beyond what FDR envisioned.
Eisenhower is probably my favorite, because he was everything a moderate should be. Helped build infrastructure (that doubled as national defense), balanced the budget, made peace in Korea, and was really close to making peace with the Soviet Union. Alas, the U2 incident happened.
Reagan... well, he was good. Not as great as conservatives claim, but he was pretty good. His foreign policy worked really well, and he got the military and economy functioning again. Deregulation's also good, although it may have led to the 2008 crash (although really that's still the banks' fault for overpricing houses and giving out bad loans).

EDIT: also please tell me you people actually understand a little bit about the presidents you vote for

 

[Magikrazy]

Who voted only for Obama?

 

[ToxBox]

Who voted only for Obama?

Me

 

[SpinyMaster347]

felipe calderon


wait this is american presidents? idk, obama

 

[Dr. Javelin]

Who voted only for Obama?

Me

SOME PEOPLE

 

[Aiko Heiwa]

They all suck.

 

[Magikrazy]

I'm disappointed that I'm the only one that's voted for Polk so far.

 

[fantanoice]

Ritsu

 

[Smg2daisy]

I voted for Lincoln
I read about him in some books eariler, the others... I have no idea who they are

Jk, Sir Obama

 

[Shy Guy Forever]

Lincoln is the best.

 

[YoshiGo99]

Abe Lincoln because his body rests in Illinois and we saw a documentary on him back in 4th grade.

Edit: oh crap you were able select multiple presidents? Well I would have also chose Eisenhower, Kennedy and Reagan. Maybe Theodore Roosevelt.

 

[Dr. Javelin]

it saddens me how little you guys know about us history

EDIT: unless you're not from the us, obviously. not really any reason that you guys should know

 

[Keqing]

Ritsu

i second this

 

[Magikrazy]

Abe Lincoln because his body rests in Illinois and we saw a documentary on him back in 4th grade.

Edit: oh crap you were able select multiple presidents? Well I would have also chose Eisenhower, Kennedy and Reagan. Maybe Theodore Roosevelt.

I made it so you could remove your vote in case this happened.

 

[Pokemon DP]

fuck y'all 'murican leaders, the best political leader was totes bob hawke

look at dem eyebrows

LOOK AT DEM

 

[Dr. Javelin]

Why did you guys vote for John Adams, John Quincy Adams, and JFK?

 

[Anton]

I'm disappointed that I'm the only one that's voted for Polk so far.

My AP American History class had some project where we debated which president was the best, and I would always vie for Polk when he was up. I also played devil's advocate a lot and deflected criticisms from people like Bush and Nixon, and piled them onto popular ones like Lincoln and Washington.

Anyways along with Polk I legitimately like Obama mostly because of is social presence, it's utterly divine

 

[Dr. Javelin]

I'm disappointed that I'm the only one that's voted for Polk so far.

My AP American History class had some project where we debated which president was the best, and I would always vie for Polk when he was up. I also played devil's advocate a lot and deflected criticisms from people like Bush and Nixon, and piled them onto popular ones like Lincoln and Washington.

Ah, devil's advocate is always fun.

And what's this about Polk that's so awesome? I don't seem to recall learning much about his presidency.

Anyways along with Polk I legitimately like Obama mostly because of is social presence, it's utterly divine

I think Obama's sense of humor is one thing that stops me from actively disliking him and pushes me into neutral. He's just really funny when he wants to be.

Then I think about NSA stuff, and I am sad.

 

[Anton]

As for Polk it was something about the Mexican-American war and him starting Smithsonian, and generally how he was able to get things done without much fuss and without being too much of a fucker about it. I don't remember many specifics because the last time I actively read and learned about him was about 8 years ago.

As for Obama with the NSA, while it's all a sack of ass, one reason I'm not holding that solely over Obama's head is my firm belief that this isn't anything new. The only new things are the advances in technology; the US government has been shits about spying and privacy against its own people for like forever, getting tremendously worse with Bush Jr. and Obama I guess got sucked into that. What he can do is have a hand i undoing it and that'll really make him shine.

 

[Magikrazy]

Why did you guys vote for JFK?

because he was shot and shot = good

 

[DragonFreak]

I like JFK, because without him, we may have never went to the moon...I think.

 

[Magikrazy]

Yeah, it was JFK.

Technically we went to the moon under Johnson, but JFK was the one who promised a man on the moon by the end of the decade iirc.

 

[Guiliant]

I voted Hoover as a joke, but FDR is my favorite president. The New Deal, Social Security, pre-Pearl Harbor WWII neutrality... I mean, he was even elected four friggin' times. He was gr8.

 

[Ray Trace]

I like both Roosevelts. Both were great progressive presidents. The only thing I really don't like about Teddy is that he advocated imperialism.