drbrumley
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The collective speaks bad about a Chief Executive, to which God appoints to lead and enforce but not change any rules.
The collective speaks bad about a Chief Executive, to which God appoints to lead and enforce but not change any rules.
Numbering Lincoln among the worst will get you labeled as a racist by many, but he certainly grabbed power that the constitution didn't grant. I am with you on FDR and as I think about it probably Teddy too, though I haven't studied him too much in the last 30 years.The ‘Best’ Presidents
Posted by Lew Rockwell on July 4, 2010 09:22 AM
Every survey of power-worshiping presidential scholars gets it wrong. Indeed, you can almost turn it around, since the worst presidents are the criminals Roosevelt II, Roosevelt I, Lincoln, etc., and the best are men like Andrew Johnson, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, and my favorite, Warren G. Harding. Did you leave a mountain of skulls and more federal power as your legacy? Why, how great you are. Did you refuse to enhance federal power or to start a war? Why, the heck with you. (Thanks to David Kramer)
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN
cause he made the most movies of his life and death
and sent the darkies up here to Cananananananada.
Numbering Lincoln among the worst will get you labeled as a racist by many, but he certainly grabbed power that the constitution didn't grant. I am with you on FDR and as I think about it probably Teddy too, though I haven't studied him too much in the last 30 years.
"The Collective"? What is Nick, a Borg?
This is all Bush's fault!
Quite, except for the income tax which is a good idea....except for World War I, the League of Nations, the income tax, vile racism, and egomania. Yeah.
Quite, except for the income tax which is a good idea.
One should note that Wilson's policies that got us out of the not-so-great depression were more by accident than on purpose. Wilson was at a low because of the war and the deficit and felt that a heavy hand of gov't in response to the depression would make his legacy worse. And his policies of hands off were going to be reversed by Harding, but the depression was over before Harding got a chance to create and implement a "stimulus".
Mentioning Wilson as a great president is a good way to highlight the proper course that gov't could take today to help the economy.
... and don't call me Shirley.The Income Tax was a good idea? Surely you jest!
Wilson is looking better and better as this economy falls into malaise.
Prohibition Wilson? Segregation Wilson?
The first POTUS to use jack-booted thugs to intimidate the public?
That fascist was the worst Prez ever.
Quite, except for the income tax which is a good idea, Wilson was one of the worst presidents ever. The remark was more of a satirical comment but you'd have to know my posts to understand that. I realize it's my fault if you didn't get it.Prohibition Wilson? Segregation Wilson?
The first POTUS to use jack-booted thugs to intimidate the public?
That fascist was the worst Prez ever.
Quite, except for the income tax which is a good idea, Wilson was one of the worst presidents ever. The remark was more of a satirical comment but you'd have to know my posts to understand that. I realize it's my fault if you didn't get it.
Wilson's policies that got us out of the not-so-great depression. But those policies were more by accident than on purpose. Wilson was at a low because of the war and the deficit, and felt that a heavy hand of gov't in response to the depression would make his legacy worse. And his policies of hands off were going to be reversed by Harding, but the depression was over before Harding got a chance to create and implement a "stimulus".
Mentioning Wilson as a great president is a good way to highlight the proper course that gov't could take today to help the economy.