Happy Presidents Day. Who's your favorite?

[urbanlibertarian]

Here's my top 4:
George Washington
Calvin Coolidge
Grover Cleveland
Thomas Jefferson

[duvaldude08]

Al Sharpton 

[Ocklawaha]

JEFFERSON - BY - GOD - DAVIS ! 

President of the Confederate States of America
He warned of the consequences
A job he didn't want
Tried to resign
Got imprisoned for
Never thanked for
Completely forgotten.

OCKLAWAHA

[mtraininjax]

Abraham Lincoln, cause he only cared about keeping the Union together.
William Henry Harrison, Indian fighter.
Andrew Jackson, whom we have to thank for our named city.
US Grant, who despite losing his family's wealth before FDIC when an partner stole 3 million from his firm, he had the conviction to write his memoirs and refill the family coffers shortly before his death.
Harding, because he knew what it was like to live through a depression.
Slick Willie, cause I could trust him with a job, just not your daughter.

[ben says]

None, because they were all imperialist hotheads with one thing in mind: American expansion and domination. All of them said one thing, and did another. There are a few "lesser of all evils" I guess, if forced, I'd say were my favorite...Lincoln, probably.

[ben says]

Oh, and, for a more detailed reason why I have little good to say about any President, check out Howard Zinn's book on American history, from 1492 to Present. It's actually a quick read.

http://www.amazon.com/Peoples-History-United-States-P-S/dp/0061965588/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1329765958&sr=8-1

[ben says]

On another note...

The Ten Richest U.S. Presidents: http://247wallst.com/2012/02/17/the-ten-richest-u-s-presidents/2/

The Ten Poorest U.S. Presidents: http://247wallst.com/2010/05/25/americas-poorest-presidents-bankruptcy-insolvency-and-extreme-financial-hardship/

[manasia]

None.

[JeffreyS]

Thomas Jefferson.

[Tacachale]

Lincoln, because he was our greatest president by any measure.

Teddy Roosevelt, because I find him entertaining to read about.

Grover Cleveland, because few people pick Grover Cleveland, but he's really very interesting.

[Coolyfett]

Kennedy, Johnson & Nixon...If not for these guys & the vietnam war I probably wouldnt be here or id be someone else.

[IamAmerican]

I'm impressed with my childhood understanding of Washington. In that, he started a tradition for presidents to step down after two terms. I'm sure there is a sad story out there that Washington wanted to stay in power but because of his love for young animals he was forced to retire or face public humiliation...

Howard Zinn said  "...to think that history-writing must aim simply to recapitulate the failures that dominate the past is to make historians collaborators in an endless cycle of defeat. If history is to be creative, to anticipate a possible future without denying the past, it should, I believe, emphasize new possibilities by disclosing those hidden episodes of the past when, even if in brief flashes, people showed their best ability to resist, to join together, occasionally to win. I am supposing, or perhaps only hoping that our future may be found in the past's fugitive moments of compassion rather than its solid centuries of warfare."

[vicupstate]

Lincoln


Ben, William Henry Harrison was sick in bed his entire term, how much harm could HE have done?

BTW, PBS debuts it's American Experience biography of Bill Clinton tonight at 9:00.  May air at different times, in some areas.

[Ocklawaha]

Lincoln


Ben, William Henry Harrison was sick in bed his entire term, how much harm could HE have done?

BTW, PBS debuts it's American Experience biography of Bill Clinton tonight at 9:00.  May air at different times, in some areas.

Guess PBS is about to air their first 'adults only' segment?

[Dashing Dan]

Eisenhower.