Presidents' Day Poll

[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

. If Nixon weren't mixed up in the MCarthy thing, I might warm to him over the whole Nixon in China thing..... ....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.

Originally Posted by Snowflake

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.

Originally Posted by mistyisjafo

I was a big JFK fan growing up and I read several biographys. ...

So you all like someone who was...

Known for funny ways he pronounced certain words.

Used fathers influence to get into a certain branch of the Military.

A member of a family that was good friends to Senator Joseph McCarthy.

Won the Presidency by the narrowest of margins.

Launched an attack on a Country which had not attacked the US.

Vastly expanded funding for education and medicare for the elderly.

Made cutting taxes an administration priority.

Had a younger brother, often touted as a Presidential hopeful himself, who was also very active in politics.



--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Me, I like Reagan, of course

[€uroMeinke]

Originally Posted by sleepyjeff

So you all like someone who was...

Known for funny ways he pronounced certain words.

Used fathers influence to get into a certain branch of the Military.

A member of a family that was good friends to Senator Joseph McCarthy.

Won the Presidency by the narrowest of margins.

Launched an attack on a Country which had not attacked the US.

Vastly expanded funding for education and medicare for the elderly.

Made cutting taxes an administration priority.

Had a younger brother, often touted as a Presidential hopeful himself, who was also very active in politics.



--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Me, I like Reagan, of course

But he clearly was the better looking and got the prettiest girls, including his wife - oh and the space race? would there have been a Tomorrowland without JFK?

[Alex]

Very likely, since Tomorrowland preceded JFK by 5 years and the Space Race by three years (which was initiated by Eisenhower in response to Sputnik).

[scaeagles]

Perhaps we need an approach to the border similar to JFKs approach to the Cuban Missile Crisis.

I have a great respect for JFK. That man had serious balls/guts/cajones -whatever you want to call it - to use that naval blockade.

I wonder, though, how that would be perceived today. Seriously. He was directly interfering with the relations of two nations. We didn't have the right to stop those missiles from being put in Cuba. I bring this up being a total proponent of of what he did.

The Bay of Pigs was one of the biggest intelligence failures ever.

I don't think JFK could be considered a democrat today. I'd vote for JFK in a heart beat because of his policies.

Carter....not a prayer. He is certainly the worst President of my lifetime, and among the worst ever. This is all my opinion, of course. His foreign policy sucked, his domestic policy sucked, and while I certainly respect the humanitarian work he has embarked upon after his Presidency, I think lately he has gone off the deep end, with (and admittedly I know very little about this) plagarism and outright lies in his book on the Middle East.

[Alex]

I would also turn it around and wonder how the space race would have been diminished if it weren't for Tomorrowland and Disney's pro-space propaganda.

[Sub la Goon]

I still heart Bubba.

[3894]

I like Carter.

I don't understand Reagan's appeal. And if we had a Most Lurid First Lady, surely Mrs. Reagan would win.

[Stan4dSteph]

Of those from my lifetime, I'll go with Clinton.

[innerSpaceman]

Apparently, it's not really "Presidents Day" at all.

When Congress moved the celebration of Washington's Birthday to the third Monday in February, they specifically rejected making it "Presidents Day." But, perhaps because the holiday always falls between Lincoln's Birthday and Washington's, it became Presidents Day in the public consciousness. It certainly didn't help that most states subsequently dropped Lincoln's Birthday, fostering the impression of a merger.

It's used as Presidents Day on calendars, in advertising, and by many government agencies. Richard Nixon "proclaimed" it Presidents Day in 1971, but that did not make it so. It's still officially "Washington's Birthday."


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That said ... hmmmm, my fave? I'm awful tempted to go with JFK, the president I remember the least of (certainly an advantage considering the scurvy list of presidents in my lifetime). There's the sheer swankiness and overwhemling mythos ... plus that martyrdom thing that forms one of my earliest memories.


But I guess it's not fair to go with a President who's actual term in office is not remembered by me. So I'm gonna have to go with Clinton. Blcch, I liked the guy, but that choice leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Insert Oval Office Pun Here.

I guess my point is ... even with a fairly decent sampling of 9 Pressies over the past four-plus decades .... the POTUSes (Potusi??) have pretty much sucked.

And I wonder if it's always been so.

[thecorndogwalker]

Gripes after a full week of working I wanted to just relax and go to DL, but since our pres day weekend my AP doesnt allow me to go this weekend..
I voted for Clinton..

But I think F.D.R was pretty cool... he even sang with little orphan annie..