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Post by Reba on Sept 14, 2016 13:22:48 GMT -5
in class, I was bored and I started sketching out a list of the good ole American prezzes. completely by accident, i ended up making my good and bad prez lists the exact same length below is my list. What's yours, fellow Americans? GOODS 1. Lincoln 2. FDR 3. Jefferson 4. Washington 5. Adams 6. Clinton 7. Teddy Roosevelt 8. Eisenhower 9. Polk 10. Monroe 11. Madison 12. Obama 13. Grant 14. Hayes 15. Quincy Adams 16. Kennedy 17. Taft 18. Arthur 19. Ben Harrison 20. Carter IRRELEVANTS 21. Garfield 22. Henry Harrison 23. Taylor BADS 24. Truman 25. Van Buren 26. Wilson 27. Nixon 28. Ford 29. Jackson 30. LBJ 31. McKinley 32. Buchanan 33. Bush Sr 34. Reagan 35. Cleveland 36. Pierce 37. Fillmore 38. Harding 39. Tyler 40. Bush Jr 41. Coolidge 42. Hoover 43. Andy Johnson
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Post by soufflé on Sept 14, 2016 18:24:56 GMT -5
lbj took the irt down to 4th street usa when he got there what did he see the youth of america on lsd!
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Post by soufflé on Sept 14, 2016 18:26:20 GMT -5
and i don't feel i know enough about politics to rank the presidents
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Post by Linda Rhaldeen on Sept 14, 2016 19:51:47 GMT -5
I can't believe you made Jefferson number 3 two thumbs down other than that I have no opinion.
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Post by Reba on Sept 14, 2016 21:37:58 GMT -5
I can't believe you made Jefferson number 3 two thumbs down. why, is he an evil character in Hamilton The Musical?
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Post by Teleram on Sept 14, 2016 22:34:52 GMT -5
I can't believe you made Jefferson number 3 two thumbs down. why, is he an evil character in Hamilton The Musical? I realize you didn't ask me but I thought LR was referring to the fact that Jefferson owned many slaves, one of whom he would regularly rape
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Post by Linda Rhaldeen on Sept 14, 2016 23:36:12 GMT -5
^
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Post by Reba on Sept 15, 2016 9:15:56 GMT -5
it's not a list of good and bad people.
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Post by A comet crashing into Earth on Oct 10, 2016 17:31:39 GMT -5
Further reading questions: How would you all define the criteria of a good president? On what points do they differ from those of a good person, and are there any points where they directly contradict each other?
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Post by Reba on Oct 11, 2016 10:50:48 GMT -5
i mainly thought about the quality of their economic and social ideas/values, to sort them into good/bad. then ranked the good section based on their effectiveness in actually building those policies, as well as handling [unforeseen events during the presidency]. I ordered the bad section based on how much they obstructed the development of aforementioned good policy, how destructive their attempts to build their own policies were, and how they handled [unforeseen events during the presidency].
presidents who were bad/good people often had views that were influenced by their own character. but not always. and any contradictions didn't affect my ranking.
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Post by Reba on Feb 16, 2017 11:02:58 GMT -5
guys, this is a GOOD ASS list.
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Post by Linda Rhaldeen on Feb 16, 2017 12:58:13 GMT -5
Where on this list would you rank Trump?
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Post by Reba on Feb 16, 2017 12:59:30 GMT -5
numba one, baby
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Post by Grace on Feb 16, 2017 22:18:18 GMT -5
Jefferson can eat my sally hemings looking @$$
Good presidents necessarily start in the 20th century. I got FDR, Truman, JFK, Carter, Clinton, Obama who left with absurd approval ratings and will still probably only get the appreciation he truly deserves posthumously.
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Post by Reba on Feb 16, 2017 22:25:59 GMT -5
Good presidents necessarily start in the 20th century. that's ridic. every single president has been extremely problematic from a moral standpoint, if that's what your exclusion is based on.
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