Presidents' Day Poll

[wendybeth]

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

[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.

[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).

[€uroMeinke]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

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).

I will not be bothered by linear notions of time

[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.