Author Topic: Best President? (Read 6814 times)

PaperLuigi · « **on:** May 03, 2007, 06:37:20 PM »

Er....I tried making a poll out of this......but when I previewed it, only 5 choices were available! Can someone help me?

Anyway, I was just wondering who your favorite president is (yes, who can choose William Henry Harrison). I dunno, my History teacher asked me to do this, and I am kind of curious. :)

You can also discuss the presidents here. This would be so much better if it were a poll, but I couldn't even get it to post, let alone get all the choices on the "ballot". Forgive me if this has been done before.

Suffix · « **Reply #1 on:** May 03, 2007, 06:46:15 PM »

Now, I've only been aware of politics since Clinton's presidency, so from my experience, I find him to be the best. That's only one out of two, however.

So, using my knowledge of history, I find Theodore Roosevelt to be the "best" president, as I liked his progressionist policies.

PaperLuigi · « **Reply #2 on:** May 03, 2007, 06:48:39 PM »

Yeah, that's how you do it.

To anyone who cares, you don't have to vote for the 2 or 3 presidents you've been alive for. All you got to do is use a little bit of historic knowledge. :)

MaxVance · « **Reply #3 on:** May 03, 2007, 06:51:22 PM »

Quote from: PaperLuigi on May 03, 2007, 06:37:20 PM

Er....I tried making a poll out of this......but when I previewed it, only 5 choices were available! Can someone help me?

Next to Option 5, there's an "add option" link. Click it to add another space for an option.

PaperLuigi · « **Reply #4 on:** May 03, 2007, 06:53:08 PM »

Yeah, I know. I'm saying that when I added all 43 or so choices, the preview only presented 5 choices.

MaxVance · « **Reply #5 on:** May 03, 2007, 06:53:49 PM »

Try adding the poll anyway. If it's still broken, someone can delete the poll.

PaperLuigi · « **Reply #6 on:** May 03, 2007, 06:56:22 PM »

I think I'd like someone's persmission bfore I go doing that.

The Chef · « **Reply #7 on:** May 03, 2007, 07:27:03 PM »

I like Abe Lincoln best. I think I look like him.

PaperLuigi · « **Reply #8 on:** May 03, 2007, 10:25:04 PM »

Truman was one of my favs.

BP · « **Reply #9 on:** May 03, 2007, 10:41:31 PM »

I was born into an age of horrific presidents. I'm gonna say Honest Abe because, you know, he abolished slavery and everything.
I have a Photoshop for every occasion these days, it seems... Czech this out.

Insane Steve · « **Reply #10 on:** May 03, 2007, 11:58:33 PM »

Quote from: PaperLuigi on May 03, 2007, 06:48:39 PM

To anyone who cares, you don't have to vote for the 2 or 3 presidents you've been alive for.

YES THANK YOU

Also, poll = VERY no for this topic. 43 choice poll is bad.

The best president, in my opinion, is James K. Polk, notable for being the only president in U.S. history to actually achieve every single one of his campaign promises.

Glorb · « **Reply #11 on:** May 04, 2007, 11:08:23 AM »

I like Bush, 'cause he's so edjumucated.

But really, I'd say that I don't really have a favorite. I tend to strongly dislike polictical stuff unless it's a Tom Clancy book.

SolidShroom · « **Reply #12 on:** May 04, 2007, 01:42:05 PM »

Hmm, Maybe Thomas Jefferson? Abe Lincoln was good too/

WarpRattler · « **Reply #13 on:** May 04, 2007, 03:20:07 PM »

Apparently IS and I have similar opinions, considering that if I had posted before him (and believe me, I had plenty of chances), my post would have said something very similar...

Suffix · « **Reply #14 on:** May 04, 2007, 03:34:27 PM »

My frighteningly tall and stern Contemporary World Problems teacher is apparently related to James K. Polk.

PaperLuigi · « **Reply #15 on:** May 04, 2007, 03:46:47 PM »

I had a friend who's related to Herbert Hoover. I know, who cares. After all, Hoover only did so much to solve the depression problem.

But Truman still stands as my favorite. There's something about him that makes me smile from ear to ear. :)

Mabey it's this picture. Despite a 3-way split in his party, Truman was still able to win the election.

The Blue Toad · « **Reply #16 on:** May 04, 2007, 04:28:23 PM »

Well, you know what they say about Hoover. He's just like the vacuum! He... he... *ahem*... cleans...

As far as my favorite president goes, I would have to say Taft, because he's HUGE!
No- not really. Taft enforced a lot of progressive policies like his predecessor, Roosevelt (actually, more), but was a little too conservative for the turn of the century.
Anyway, my favorite president might just have to be FDR. He was an excellent president who really tried to help out during the Great Depression with his "alphabet soup" agencies, which probably would have worked in the long run! (Of course, we will never know considering that it was WWII that ultimately saved us economically). FDR, overall, was simply awesome at being rational with the U.S., and with pulling his share of the weight during the 1930s (which a certain predecessor didn't do-*cough*Hoover*cough*).

And, despite what some people may think, I do not think that FDR decided to "allow" Pearl Harbor to happen in order to give America that final push onto the world stage. That seems totally out of character, in my opinion, and I can't see FDR ever doing such a thing.
Edit: Okay, I realize that I'm being a little hard on Hoover. I mean, yes, he was too reliant on American volunteers, and refused to let the federal government get majorly involved with the Great Depression, but I guess he did make an attempt (Reconstruction Finance Corporate was kinda cute).
"Hoovervilles", though, are just too pitiful to forget. ;)

PaperLuigi · « **Reply #17 on:** May 04, 2007, 04:36:20 PM »

FDR was an awesome president. He's about my third favorite overall............I think I'd have to say Abe is my 2nd........with Nixon being the fourth (yes, I DID say Nixon)...........and ol' Teddy at number 5.

My least favorites would include Warren G. Harding and Calvin. They just weren't really good for the job, quite frankly.

The Blue Toad · « **Reply #18 on:** May 04, 2007, 04:57:13 PM »

Yeah, Coolidge overall came off as pretty cold. I mean, he was all for the wealthy and big corporations, which wasn't bad during the twenties, but the guy completely ignored the poor farmers in Illinois who were left fiscally mortified after a great flood!
But, I actually feel sort of sorry for Harding. I mean, he wasn't necessarily a bad guy; Harding simply suffered under his horrbile cabinet (Teapot Dome, anyone?), and was overall judged by accords of that, just like Grant. He did achieve through the Washington Naval Arms Conference, reducing ship tonnage of France, Italy, Great Britain, Japan, and U.S. after WWI (which was a pleasant, wishful way to avoid future war), but that obviously didn't work out so well...
So... Harding can't really be called "one of the good ones"... but I feel pity more than disdain for him.