Whose your favorite U.S. President?

I think the question is pretty straight forward.

My favorite president is, without a doubt, Nixon. Yeah I know Watergate, blah blah blah, but his views on foreign policy were pretty brilliant, and he did a great job as president cooling off the cold war after a decade filled with tension.

Now of course the man had his demons, and the questionable and illegal things he did in office haven't been and shouldn't be forgotten. But if you were to judge a president solely on merit, you'd be hard pressed to find one who did as much good for the world in the modern era than my boy Milhous did. In my opinion of course.

Lol @ Nixon

I guess if I had to choose it would be Washington but I am a libertarian Socialist so Im not really in favor of presidents.

I think the question is pretty straight forward.

My favorite president is, without a doubt, Nixon. Yeah I know Watergate, blah blah blah, but his views on foreign policy were pretty brilliant, and he did a great job as president cooling off the cold war after a decade filled with tension.

Now of course the man had his demons, and the questionable and illegal things he did in office haven't been and shouldn't be forgotten. But if you were to judge a president solely on merit, you'd be hard pressed to find one who did as much good for the world in the modern era than my boy Milhous did. In my opinion of course.

-Sun_Tzu-

He was great at answering multi-part questions. Smart man, despite the whole Watergate thing.

Al Bundy. No Ma'am is my mottoxboxplayer1990

rock on.

I blame Nixon for intensifying the Vietnam War, letting the South Vietnamese on their own with the Paris Peace Accord in 1973 on completely insufficient terms, and for making help to them impossible when they needed it the most (if for no other reason than Watergate). That's something I can never forgive him for, no matter how futile people say the war was in the first place. jetpower3

Alright that's cool, you're entiltled to your own opinion. Now of course I disagree with you, but my opinion is no better than yours.

I like Lincoln the best, 'cause he ended slavery.ArmoredCore55

You know that was just a political maneuver to drum up support for the war right?

[QUOTE="ArmoredCore55"]I like Lincoln the best, 'cause he ended slavery.gobo212

You know that was just a political maneuver to drum up support for the war right?

umm...so what if it was a political manuever (which is debatable) ? He still ended slavery.

I don't know much about US politics, but I'd have to say:

Woodrow Wilson or Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

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[QUOTE="ArmoredCore55"]I like Lincoln the best, 'cause he ended slavery.-Sun_Tzu-

You know that was just a political maneuver to drum up support for the war right?

umm...so what if it was a political manuever (which is debatable) ? He still ended slavery.

I'm all for abolition of slavery but it seems like if you are going to idealize someone it should be based on their motivations for their actions and not on the actions themselves. I mean I like that slavery was abolished but I dont necessarily like Lincoln for it because I think he did it for the wrong reasons. I mean this is the guy that said if he could end the war without abolishing slavery he would have gladly done it. He did end slavery and keep the union together (something I'm not entirely sure was right) but he was certainly no abolitionist and to remember him as such is just false.

Bill Clinton.

Dude was a pimp.

George Washington, no question.

Brilliant man and WAY WAY ahead of his time, especially after the Revolution.

everybody likes abe lincoln because public education taught them too..

I honestly don't like any of them but since I have to choose.. Theodore Reesevelt is probably the most resonable one we've had.

George W. Bush was the best president ever. Why?

Because of that adorable dog he has, Barney!

That little tyke!

Reagan or Roosevelt.

Reagan was pretty cool.

And Europe would have fallen if not for Roosevelt. The alphabet agencies helped alot.

I also liked Truman

And Carter to an extent.

John F. Kennedy - because of his involvement in Civil Rights

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Bill Clinton - because the U.S. had the longest period of Economic expansion (during peace time) under his presidency, and the U.S. also had a surplus of $559 billion dollars when he left office.

Abraham Lincoln, but im not american so i have no real opinion :(Mr_Kowaski

totally what i did too

Where's Washington? I'd take him over cartoon villain/crotchety old man Andrew Jackson any day. But I'll go with Lincoln, given that he had a crap situation from the beginning and managed to fix it. And then get killed for fixing it :(.Video_Game_King

Right Here

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[QUOTE="ArmoredCore55"]I like Lincoln the best, 'cause he ended slavery.-Sun_Tzu-

You know that was just a political maneuver to drum up support for the war right?

umm...so what if it was a political manuever (which is debatable) ? He still ended slavery.

Teddy Roosevelt

Thank you for putting him in the poll.

Ronald Reagan. He crushed the Iron Curtain and brought the US out of a severe economic recession which Clinton put the US right back into. Plus:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzx7VEH9YUMfoxhound_fox

That economy point I find a bit weird. Wasn't the economy generally good under Clinton :??

That economy point I find a bit weird. Wasn't the economy generally good under Clinton :?? Video_Game_King

Teddy Roosevelt

Thank you for putting him in the poll.

bungie93

Did you see that on page one, for the 1st and maybe only time we agreed!

[QUOTE="Video_Game_King"]That economy point I find a bit weird. Wasn't the economy generally good under Clinton :?? foxhound_fox

Who cares? The state of the economy is not and should not be controlled by the president. I hate it when people look at the president as the be all, end all in the government.