Presidents' Day Poll

innerSpaceman · 02-15-2007, 08:15 PM

PRESIDENT'S DAY WEEKEND! A Holiday to celebrate the Presidents!

It used to be Lincoln's Birthday and Washington's Birthday ... but when the holidays were combined in the Nixon era, it was someone's bright idea to celebrate all the Presidents.

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So, of the Presidents serving in your lifetime, who has been your fave?

I'm going to go out on a limb here, and assume I'm among the oldest .... but if anyone remembers a President before JFK, feel free to post about your write-in candidate.

So who did you like, and why?

I didn't want to make the poll the negative version, as in "Who's Your Most Reviled President" - - but feel free to post about your most loathed POTUS and why, as well.

katiesue · 02-15-2007, 08:24 PM

I rather liked Carter. But then again it was Jr. High. But I remember him the most. And for his good works since. It's not really for any political reasons I just liked him as a person.

mousepod · 02-15-2007, 08:25 PM

Picking a favorite POTUS from this list reminds me of my choice every time I go to the polls to vote for one: the least bad candidate usually gets my vote.
In this case, I went out on a limb and didn't pick the most ineffectual or innocuous, though if I were a little older, my second choice may have been my first.

Alex · 02-15-2007, 09:21 PM

Technically I go back to Ford but if you go by memory I would have to start with Reagan which doesn't leave a very interesting list.

Carter and Bush Sr. are probably the best people but weren't really good or effective presidents.

Forced to choose between Clinton and Reagan I ultimately have to go with Reagan.

Sub la Goon · 02-15-2007, 10:15 PM

I heart Bubba.

scaeagles · 02-15-2007, 10:34 PM

Anyone like to posit a guess as to whom I cast my vote for?

€uroMeinke · 02-15-2007, 10:57 PM

I'll have to ponder this one a bit - JFK is a bit too easy a pick for all the mythology that's developed around him. If Nixon weren't mixed up in the MCarthy thing, I might warm to him over the whole Nixon in China thing. I thought it cool Carter was in the Nuke Navy, I think he got a bad rap for starting a turn around that Reagan would take credit for (as all Presidents do). Clinton's the only one I ever met personally - huge hands on that man - And I think, getting a blow-job in the Oval office a plus, but then I have to go back to JFK again as the much swankier Womanizer - and Hello Jackie O? Yeah, I guess I'll stick with him.

Snowflake · 02-15-2007, 11:29 PM

Well, Carter was my first voting experience in 1980. As a human being, post presidential, Carter still gets my vote and he did today.

JFK is one of my earliest memories, I was barely 3 when he died, but I grew up with the mythology and he was long my favorite president. Indiscretions, heck, they all have them. He was friends with the Rat Pack, tres swanky.

mistyisjafo · 02-15-2007, 11:47 PM

I was a big JFK fan growing up and I read several biographys. My second choice would be Regan.

wendybeth · 02-16-2007, 12:33 AM

I went with JFK, even though I was only a few months old when he was killed. Second would be Clinton.

View Poll Results: Who's Your Favorite President?
John F. Kennedy	4	13.33%
Lyndon B. Johnson	0	0%
Richard M. Nixon	0	0%
Gerald Ford	1	3.33%
Jimmy Carter	3	10.00%
Ronald Reagan	10	33.33%
George H.W. Bush	0	0%
Bill Clinton	12	40.00%
George W. Bush	0	0%
Voters: 30. You may not vote on this poll

02-15-2007, 08:15 PM	#1
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Presidents' Day Poll PRESIDENT'S DAY WEEKEND! A Holiday to celebrate the Presidents! It used to be Lincoln's Birthday and Washington's Birthday ... but when the holidays were combined in the Nixon era, it was someone's bright idea to celebrate all the Presidents. * * * * * So, of the Presidents serving in your lifetime, who has been your fave? I'm going to go out on a limb here, and assume I'm among the oldest .... but if anyone remembers a President before JFK, feel free to post about your write-in candidate. So who did you like, and why? I didn't want to make the poll the negative version, as in "Who's Your Most Reviled President" - - but feel free to post about your most loathed POTUS and why, as well. Last edited by innerSpaceman : 02-15-2007 at 08:22 PM.
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02-15-2007, 08:24 PM	#2
katiesue Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: San Diego Posts: 4,678	I rather liked Carter. But then again it was Jr. High. But I remember him the most. And for his good works since. It's not really for any political reasons I just liked him as a person. __________________ My life is so exciting I can hardly stand it.
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02-15-2007, 08:25 PM	#3
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	Picking a favorite POTUS from this list reminds me of my choice every time I go to the polls to vote for one: the least bad candidate usually gets my vote. In this case, I went out on a limb and didn't pick the most ineffectual or innocuous, though if I were a little older, my second choice may have been my first. __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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02-15-2007, 09:21 PM	#4
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Technically I go back to Ford but if you go by memory I would have to start with Reagan which doesn't leave a very interesting list. Carter and Bush Sr. are probably the best people but weren't really good or effective presidents. Forced to choose between Clinton and Reagan I ultimately have to go with Reagan.
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02-15-2007, 10:15 PM	#5
Sub la Goon Ride me! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The line forms here... Posts: 326	I heart Bubba. __________________ You roll the dice, you move your mice.
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02-15-2007, 10:34 PM	#6
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	Anyone like to posit a guess as to whom I cast my vote for?
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02-15-2007, 10:57 PM	#7
€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	I'll have to ponder this one a bit - JFK is a bit too easy a pick for all the mythology that's developed around him. If Nixon weren't mixed up in the MCarthy thing, I might warm to him over the whole Nixon in China thing. I thought it cool Carter was in the Nuke Navy, I think he got a bad rap for starting a turn around that Reagan would take credit for (as all Presidents do). Clinton's the only one I ever met personally - huge hands on that man - And I think, getting a blow-job in the Oval office a plus, but then I have to go back to JFK again as the much swankier Womanizer - and Hello Jackie O? Yeah, I guess I'll stick with him. __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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02-15-2007, 11:29 PM	#8
Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	Well, Carter was my first voting experience in 1980. As a human being, post presidential, Carter still gets my vote and he did today. JFK is one of my earliest memories, I was barely 3 when he died, but I grew up with the mythology and he was long my favorite president. Indiscretions, heck, they all have them. He was friends with the Rat Pack, tres swanky. __________________ Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
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02-15-2007, 11:47 PM	#9
mistyisjafo A JAFO Production Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Orange, CA Posts: 567	I was a big JFK fan growing up and I read several biographys. My second choice would be Regan. __________________
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02-16-2007, 12:33 AM	#10
wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	I went with JFK, even though I was only a few months old when he was killed. Second would be Clinton. __________________
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