Who was the greatest president?

[Jesse James]

Who was the greatest president?

 

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

Well, if you're comparing them to one another, then I don't think I would use the word "greatest." Guess you might say "best" as in good-better-best.

"Great" does not really apply when you're discussing presidents anyway. It's really just who can really water themselves down to appeal to the most people. It's just not that kind of job.

Less than one percent of Major League ballplayers make the Hall of Fame. If you apply that very stringent math to presidents, then the US might not have a great president for a very long time.

Even I had to pick a favorite, it would probably be none. They all sucked.

Yeah, I am a stick in the mud.

 

[TheTexan]

It's hard to pick a favorite

 

[CaptUSA]

In words, I could probably pick one or two, but in deeds, it's pretty hard to compete with William Henry Harrison.

He was President for 32 days and did nothing of lasting consequence. He was a fan of central banking so probably would have been terrible had he survived, but as fate would have it, he was the greatest President we have ever had.

 

[cajuncocoa]

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[oyarde]

Who was the greatest president?

Greatest man not elected President who got votes is Ron Paul .

 

[Jamesiv1]

Andrew Jackson cuz he beat up a dude with a stick.

 

[Natural Citizen]

I'll say Milliard Fillmore and John Tyler. The didn't do jack squat nothing. That's right. Not a darn thing. What more can you ask for? Hm?

 

[Carlybee]

None of the first ones before Lincoln because they were all too lame to abolish slavery when they had the chance which would have saved countless lives and the decimation of an entire region. A definate smudge on the history of the founding fathers.

 

[Voluntarist]

xxxxx

 

[oyarde]

None of the first ones before Lincoln because they were all too lame to abolish slavery when they had the chance which would have saved countless lives and the decimation of an entire region. A definate smudge on the history of the founding fathers.

I think the real smudge are the ones that actually kept slaves. I always exclude voting for them in polls.

 

[Ender]

Hard to say.

In modern history, I'd say Harding, who brought the country out of a recession. He was falsely aligned with the Tea Pot Dome scandal and died under peculiar circumstances. The other, I would say is JFK. The playboy who woke up and said"I don't think so!" He was also taken out.

 

[Ender]

None of the first ones before Lincoln because they were all too lame to abolish slavery when they had the chance which would have saved countless lives and the decimation of an entire region. A definate smudge on the history of the founding fathers.

Jefferson was ready to set slaves free- he's gotten a lot of interesting lies told about him. Still, slavery was legal- 100 years from now, putting people in jail for a lifetime over a joint might be considered just as reprehensible.

 

[KrokHead]

Coolidge, less is more. Our last satisfactory president was the original George Bush.

 

[Ronin Truth]

Would you settle for 'least bad' (evil)?

 

[liveandletlive]

in terms of accomplishments, its the guys on Mount Rushmore.

 

[TheTexan]

If I had to pick just one, it would be Abraham Lincoln.

He made America Great again.

 

[Jamesiv1]

In words, I could probably pick one or two, but in deeds, it's pretty hard to compete with William Henry Harrison.

He was President for 32 days and did nothing of lasting consequence. He was a fan of central banking so probably would have been terrible had he survived, but as fate would have it, he was the greatest President we have ever had.

+rep lol

 

[Jesse James]

Would you settle for 'least bad' (evil)?

Of course.

My vote goes to Jefferson and Coolidge. Don't know enough about the presidents before George Washington, but I'd bet that one of them was probably the best.

Honorable mention to JFK. Although he signed some bad bills

 

[Jesse James]

If I had to pick just one, it would be Abraham Lincoln.

He made America Great again.

Funny. I can't stand Lincoln personally