Favorite President in U.S. history and why

Mine is JFK. There was some thread on why JFK was so important some guy asked. Well for one, he avoided a nuclear cotastrophy. Number two he put us on

the moon. Finally, he told all of Germany that he was indeed a jelly doughnut.

Favorite as president, Reagan. Loved what he stood for. Favorite as a person, honestly, GW. Just a genuinely friendly guy. Not a stiff suit like most presidents.

Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan

It has to be JFK for all the reasons you've said and more. I still can't believe he shot himself though.MushroomWig

FDR and JFK. raven_squad

[QUOTE="MushroomWig"]It has to be JFK for all the reasons you've said and more. I still can't believe he shot himself though.sethman410

FDR

Led us through WW2

turned a huge resession into a booming economy

generally a bad@ss

[QUOTE="raven_squad"]FDR and JFK. KC_Hokie

[QUOTE="MushroomWig"][QUOTE="Morrdecai"] Did you pay attention is history class? :?Morrdecai

It's right here.

George W. Bush...

I can't imagine going back to the way things were before we were fighting 2 wars and in tillions of debt... debt is good people! and war keeps our troops in shape...

i'd hate to think of a country where school systems actually require kids to perform to pass a grade... thank God for no child left behind... education isn't nearly as important as people say anyway... kids can learn just as much from TV as they can from learning books. this is America people... if you want a fancy education, go to a communist country like Japan or France.

and most of all, God Bless the Patiot Act... which tells us that the government should be able to spy on us, punish us at anytime without a trial, and most importantly... lock up any and all middle-eastern people... i think its just the government's way of being more like God... after all, we all know that Jesus was an American born in Texas...and that he hates the middle east...ahhhh... America...land of the free, home of(only) thepro-war, pro-torture, Christians...

:P

[QUOTE="MushroomWig"][QUOTE="Morrdecai"] Did you pay attention is history class? :?Morrdecai

It's right here.MushroomWig

[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"][QUOTE="raven_squad"]FDR and JFK. sethman410

[QUOTE="sethman410"][QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]I vomited in my mouth when you said FDR.KC_Hokie

EDIT: I don't think any president back in the day could do anything about it lmao. FDR did ALOT and no other president would have done as much as he did. Don't blame FDR, blame the Congress. Did you know Congress is more powerful than the president?

[QUOTE="MushroomWig"]It's right here.Morrdecai

[QUOTE="Morrdecai"][QUOTE="MushroomWig"]It's right here.22Toothpicks

[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"][QUOTE="sethman410"] Umm why? FDR is one of the best presidents of all-time. Trust me, if he lived then America wouldn't be facing the problems that it's having today. In terms of economy, FDR is the best by far. sethman410

It took WWII to get the U.S. out of severe recession not FDR.

*shakes head*Morrdecai

On a serious note though, he was my favourite president and I wish he wasn't killed.

On a serious note though, he was my favourite president and I wish he wasn't killed.

MushroomWig

JFK reloaded is a fun little timewaster though ;)

[QUOTE="sethman410"][QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]The economy in the 1930s under FDR wasn't good with GDP being nearly flat. His 'new deal' programs were band-aids as it took WWII to get the U.S. out of severe recession.KC_Hokie

It took WWII to get the U.S. out of severe recession not FDR.

[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]

[QUOTE="sethman410"] Any president back in the day wouldn't be successful as FDR. I guess you just dont know how the economy worked. sethman410

It took WWII to get the U.S. out of severe recession not FDR.

[QUOTE="sethman410"][QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]FDR's economic strategic was Keynesian economics. There is no evidence that style of economics has ever worked. Just one example, Federal spending increased by a billion dollars between 1937 and 1938....the GDP actually decreased.

It took WWII to get the U.S. out of severe recession not FDR.

KC_Hokie

I will go with Teddy Roosevelt. He swung a big stick.trick_man01

Jefferson, Polk, T.Roosevelt, and Eisenhower.

Esienhower. After all he made this country more liberal.

I like Abe, but then again, everybody likes Ike.

Washington- only president who didn't succumb to party politics

FDR

Eisenhower

Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

The man is not remarkable. He was not an A college student, he was not brilliant in any specific way. He was willing to admit his mistakes on public radio - in a period when a President could be treated as a human being and not a demi-God.

Had the great depression, many of his programs were not that great but they were getting things done. People can **** about the Tennessee Valley Authority being a waste of money... those dam's are still working to this day generating power. I think they paid themselves off...

Then there was World War II.

Very much the way he handled things, whilst being an unremarkable gentleman is why i admire him so much.

He isn't a Bush Jr. - i'm gonna have a beer with you - type of person either.

Followed by

Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy for the major crisis's they had to deal with.

William Henry Harrison.

He didn't ruin anything :P

FDR Reason he is the boss that is all.

Reagan, because he liked Star Wars

Teddy & Franklin Roosevelt, Abraham and Andrew Jackson.

Jackson and his Jacksonian Democracy = I don't put up with your ****

He kept the brazen North Carolina in check :lol:

Lincoln, FDR, and Washington are my favs.

Washington. Elected and re-elected with 100% of the electoral vote (no one has done that since). They wanted to make the guy a king, and he turned them down.