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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 09:05 PM Original message |
Name your favourite 19th century President........and why they are. |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. This won't be close. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 09:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Wanna bet??? |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 09:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Yup. And that's no criticism of Jefferson. But as a president, not close. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 09:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Jefferson DOUBLED the size of the US (without war) and Liincoln nearly HALVED it. |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 09:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. He saved the Union. Others tried to "halve it." |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 09:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. By doing many of the things we criticize Bush for doing |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 02:39 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. And an almost identical situation in grabbing immigrants |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 09:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I second that |
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fenriswolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. teddy roosavelt |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 09:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. He was all those things. He was also president 1901-1909. |
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fenriswolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 09:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. opps dang |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
5. Jefferson ... by a mile. |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 09:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Slowly, now: We are talking presidents here. Presidents. |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 09:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. except the institution of chattel slavery |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 10:05 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Jefferson abolished the Atlantic slave trade. |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 08:03 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Actually he did not abolish the Atlantic slave trade |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
7. My fave President would be Jefferson, for so many reasons |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
9. Thomas Jefferson, with Abraham Lincoln a close second. |
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I work for workers (551 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
13. He's not my favorite, but I think Grant is underrated as a president. |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 09:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. He is underrated as president. He kept the troops in the South during reconstruction. |
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The Wizard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 09:46 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. And He's the answer |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Wrong. The answer to "Who's buried in Grants' Tomb?" is ... |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 09:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
30. The troops left after Grant left |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 10:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Not necessarily underrated |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
18. James Madison |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
21. James Buchanan aka "Aunt Fancy"-the first gay president! |
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LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 03:21 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. . |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 09:47 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. Buchanan may have been gay (that's not entirely clear) but he still was a rotten president. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
26. Honest Abe. Not even close. |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
28. Chester A. Arthur. Because he saved the U.S. Navy. |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
29. Lincoln, say what you will about him |
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TheCentepedeShoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 10:02 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Sam Houston |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 10:09 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. LOL! |
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SmellsLikeDeanSpirit (471 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 10:10 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Lincoln is my pick aswell. |
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