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[W:40] who is best president ever?

who is best president ever?

  • G. Washington

    Votes: 8 16.7%

  • FDR

    Votes: 19 39.6%

  • JF Kennedy

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Donald Trump

    Votes: 6 12.5%

  • Ronald Reagan

    Votes: 4 8.3%

  • A. Lincoln

    Votes: 7 14.6%

  • can't decide between 4 and/or 5 and/or 6-or other

    Votes: 4 8.3%
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    48
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who is best president ever?



1 George Washington

2 Abraham Lincoln

3 Donald Trump

4 JF Kennedy

5 FDR

6 can't decide between 2 and 3

7 other
 
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tacomancer said:
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oh great... the one who made government HUGE

although Johnson made it even bigger. Notice Johnson is not on list.

I tend to think Trump is the best yet.. lowest unemployment for minorities EvER

economy taking off.. wages rise probably more than ever

ISIS all but gone

head of ISIS DEAD

Right to Try

USMCA (which our low-approval-rate Congress has yet to pass bc it would be another win for Trump.. )
 
Of those listed, the winner is, of course, General George Washington.

He set the precedent that a president should serve only for two terms.

(Definitely not Abraham Lincoln. He is responsible for a war that unnecessarily, in my opinion, cost the lives of at least 600,000 American boys. The consequences of that war are still with us.)
 
George Washington is the obvious number 1.
James Monroe with the Louisiana Purchase and the Monroe Doctrine is easily number 2.
Lincoln could be number 1 but his assassination kept him from being able to reunite the country. He gets number 3.
Reagan brought back the economy after the Carter Disaster. He brought down the Berlin Wall and ended the USSR. He gets number 4.
Trump has orchestrated the greatest economy ever, has put the reins on China, Mexico, and Canada as trading partners. He has destroyed ISIS. He has accomplished a lot especially considering the Democrats are doing everything they can to sabotage him. He gets number 5.

After this it gets dicey. Andrew Johnson pulled off the Alaska Purchase. His poor performance elsewhere keeps him off the list. FDR blundered us into WWII and enabled Peale Harbor. That keeps him off the list. Kennedy blundered us into Vietnam and blotched the Bay of Pigs. That keeps him off the list.
 
BahamaBob said:
George Washington is the obvious number 1.
James Monroe with the Louisiana Purchase and the Monroe Doctrine is easily number 2.
Lincoln could be number 1 but his assassination kept him from being able to reunite the country. He gets number 3.
Reagan brought back the economy after the Carter Disaster. He brought down the Berlin Wall and ended the USSR. He gets number 4.
Trump has orchestrated the greatest economy ever, has put the reins on China, Mexico, and Canada as trading partners. He has destroyed ISIS. He has accomplished a lot especially considering the Democrats are doing everything they can to sabotage him. He gets number 5.

After this it gets dicey. Andrew Johnson pulled off the Alaska Purchase. His poor performance elsewhere keeps him off the list. FDR blundered us into WWII and enabled Peale Harbor. That keeps him off the list. Kennedy blundered us into Vietnam and blotched the Bay of Pigs. That keeps him off the list.
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Trump did none of that. That's just a fact.

The economy was recovered before he took over and has actually slow some during his tenure, or at least the rate of growth has slowed. He has not rained China in at all. He's made them more of a global player and handed more power and influence to Russia. Canada and Mexico are allies. And we're not yet better for his actions with them. ISIS is not destroyed either. He betrayed the Kurds, giving more power and influence to Russia. Just because he says these things don't make it true.
 
TheParser said:
Of those listed, the winner is, of course, General George Washington.

He set the precedent that a president should serve only for two terms.

(Definitely not Abraham Lincoln. He is responsible for a war that unnecessarily, in my opinion, cost the lives of at least 600,000 American boys. The consequences of that war are still with us.)
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Lincoln hated war and did all he could to avoid it and once it started (in KS, basically) he did everything he could to bring it to a quick end. He tried to get good generals who would end it.. finally got them: Grant and "scorched-earth" Sherman.

I don't think it would have been a good thing to have a divided "United" States.. Lincoln did not start the war. The we-don't-want-to-free-the-slaves DEMOCRATS did...
 
BahamaBob said:
George Washington is the obvious number 1.
James Monroe with the Louisiana Purchase and the Monroe Doctrine is easily number 2.
Lincoln could be number 1 but his assassination kept him from being able to reunite the country.

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this is odd. He was either a great president or not. How can anyone blame him for being assassinated.. He was great long b4 that happened. He did what no other president b4 him would do: made the African Americans "created equal" in the eyes of the US govt, not only in the eyes of God
 
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Trump faces impeachment for Good Cause. The GOP party, in a show of unity, appears determined to place party above principles and cast aside their Constitutional responsibility.

Bribery; Witness Tampering; Abuse of Power; Violation of Emoluments Clause, Obstruction of Justice.

Ask yourself what you can do to help stop Trump from winning a 2nd term!
 

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narrowroad said:
who is best president ever?



1 George Washington

2 Abraham Lincoln

3 Donald Trump

4 JF Kennedy

5 FDR

6 can't decide between 2 and 3

7 other
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Thomas Jefferson
 
BahamaBob said:
George Washington is the obvious number 1.
James Monroe with the Louisiana Purchase and the Monroe Doctrine is easily number 2.
Lincoln could be number 1 but his assassination kept him from being able to reunite the country. He gets number 3.
Reagan brought back the economy after the Carter Disaster. He brought down the Berlin Wall and ended the USSR. He gets number 4.
Trump has orchestrated the greatest economy ever, has put the reins on China, Mexico, and Canada as trading partners. He has destroyed ISIS. He has accomplished a lot especially considering the Democrats are doing everything they can to sabotage him. He gets number 5.

After this it gets dicey. Andrew Johnson pulled off the Alaska Purchase. His poor performance elsewhere keeps him off the list. FDR blundered us into WWII and enabled Peale Harbor. That keeps him off the list. Kennedy blundered us into Vietnam and blotched the Bay of Pigs. That keeps him off the list.
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Jefferson was the President who did the Louisiana Purchase
 
narrowroad said:
this is odd. He was either a great president or not. How can anyone blame him for being assassinated.. He was great long b4 that happened. He did what no other president b4 him would do: made the African Americans "created equal" in the eyes of the US govt, not only in the eyes of God
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I am not saying he is not a great president. I am saying he was not able to achieve what he could have because he was killed. He had a great plan for reuniting the country that Johnson did not use. A lot of the hate and segregation problems we have could have been lessened if he had remained alive.
 
Boo Radley said:
Trump did none of that. That's just a fact.

The economy was recovered before he took over and has actually slow some during his tenure, or at least the rate of growth has slowed. He has not rained China in at all. He's made them more of a global player and handed more power and influence to Russia. Canada and Mexico are allies. And we're not yet better for his actions with them. ISIS is not destroyed either. He betrayed the Kurds, giving more power and influence to Russia. Just because he says these things don't make it true.
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Time to get over your TDS. Read it and weep.
The List Of President Trump's Accomplishments So Far | Mark Simone | 710 WOR
 
Trippy Trekker said:
Trump faces impeachment for Good Cause. The GOP party, in a show of unity, appears determined to place party above principles and cast aside their Constitutional responsibility.

Bribery; Witness Tampering; Abuse of Power; Violation of Emoluments Clause, Obstruction of Justice.

Ask yourself what you can do to help stop Trump from winning a 2nd term!
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No, ask yourself how you can keep Best President Ever (Objectively speaking) in office.

I have a hard time saying anyone was better than Lincoln or Reagan but Trump has done SO much good for this country

AND

He was not afraid to tell the whole world "I am pro life"

so many other republicans just... well, they are not that outspoken on the issue (might keep people from voting for thme)
 
narrowroad said:
who is best president ever?



1 George Washington

2 Abraham Lincoln

3 Donald Trump

4 JF Kennedy

5 FDR

6 can't decide between 2 and 3

7 other
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Historians are divided, Washington, Lincoln and or FDR. They are always in the top three, so Historians has classified all three as the great presidents regardless of order. I think they hit the nail on the head. Every other president falls below them. Then you have Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Wilson as the near greats. The rest fall below these. Historians will tell you that it takes 20 years after a president leaves office before one can fairly accurate rate them. This gives the historians time to see the long term results of any president's policies. It also gives the partisanship time to ebb some. That I think is wise. This also means G.W. Bush, Obama and Trump aren't rated.

For me the best president in my lifetime, I was born right after WWII was IKE followed by JFK. I'd rank Reagan and Bill Clinton three and four or four and three depending on which side of the bed I get up on.
 
narrowroad said:
No, ask yourself how you can keep Best President Ever (Objectively speaking) in office.

I have a hard time saying anyone was better than Lincoln or Reagan but Trump has done SO much good for this country

AND

He was not afraid to tell the whole world "I am pro life"

so many other republicans just... well, they are not that outspoken on the issue (might keep people from voting for thme)
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What a ridiculous promotion to suggest Trump, by any reasonably objective measures, belongs in a serious conversation as possibly the best POTUS ever.

Notion dismissed!

Objectively, he belongs in a more select and less prestigious group of Presidents... namely those impeached by the House.

Only two presidents have been impeached by the House: Andrew Johnson, in 1868, and Bill Clinton, in 1998; President Richard Nixon resigned before he could be impeached.
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Donald Trump - U.S. Presidency, Family & Businesses - Biography
 
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