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Post by Andrew on Aug 7, 2008 20:19:37 GMT -5
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Post by Andrew on Aug 7, 2008 20:28:46 GMT -5
I picked Lincoln, for holding things together in spite of a terrible war and low popularity for the bulk of his presidency. He was bold and broke the rules in just the right ways. Had he lived for his second term, the horrifying effects of the "reconstruction" may not have happened. As it was, he was ahead of his time, an oasis sandwiched in-between severe mediocrity.
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Post by jhar26 on Aug 8, 2008 12:47:36 GMT -5
I don't know their record well enough to participate really. But I don't want to be a bad sport, so I voted for Lincoln too. He's the most legendary of the lot I suppose. Besides - he looks a bit like Mick Fleetwood.
Gaston
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Post by erik on Aug 8, 2008 18:18:45 GMT -5
The votes for Honest Abe are mightily appropriate, for sure.
I went with JFK, because, like Lincoln, Kennedy had to contend with a war, albeit a different kind of war--the Cold War. And in October 1962, he bent over backwards to keep the Cold War from exploding into a Hot War (not to mention a war that would destroy the human race).
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Post by robertaxel on Aug 12, 2008 9:35:00 GMT -5
I also went with Lincoln (a completely different kind of Republican than today's mutation)..
Sadly, if JFK had survived, he may have gotten my vote.. I think he had the vision and courage to be up there with any past President
PS- I would have put in Eisenhower instead of Reagan, myself..
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Post by erik on Aug 12, 2008 12:40:54 GMT -5
Quote by robertaxel:
And you'd have an infinite number of good reasons for doing so, not the least of which was Ike's parting warning to the nation that they guard against the undue influence of the military/industrial complex.
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Post by Kathy ~ on Aug 14, 2008 21:55:43 GMT -5
I don't know their record well enough to participate really. But I don't want to be a bad sport, so I voted for Lincoln too. He's the most legendary of the lot I suppose. Besides - he looks a bit like Mick Fleetwood. Gaston ;D I like your logic Gaston-- He does resemble Mick- puts a whole new light on Abe & Stevie  I went for George- he's stuck on the Dollar bill ;D |
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