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Postby Washington-Columbia » Thu Oct 16, 2025 3:47 pm

Lincoln, FDR and Truman, Eisenhower and JFK are high on the list. Washington, Madison and Obama aren't behind.
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Postby Ifreann » Thu Oct 16, 2025 3:48 pm

Mekat wrote:Our good friend, Teddy Roosevelt.

Established the FDA, national parks, and had a children's toy named after him. What more could you want in a president?

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Postby The Toll » Thu Oct 16, 2025 3:51 pm

Several different Presidents are all the best in their own way. It's unfair to say which one was the best, for they all had to deal with different situations. My picks would be Reagan, Roosevelt, Lincoln, Washington, and Kennedy.
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Postby Farnhamia » Thu Oct 16, 2025 3:51 pm

Ifreann wrote:
Mekat wrote:Our good friend, Teddy Roosevelt.

Established the FDA, national parks, and had a children's toy named after him. What more could you want in a president?

Freedom for South America?

Hey, he freed Panama from Colombia!
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Postby Ifreann » Thu Oct 16, 2025 3:55 pm

Farnhamia wrote:
Ifreann wrote:Freedom for South America?

Hey, he freed Panama from Colombia!

Maybe he should have gotten a second Nobel Peace Prize.
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Postby Herargon » Thu Oct 16, 2025 4:00 pm

None, but good I'd say Teddy Roosenvelt. He actually combatted corporatism by busting trusts. FDR is a close one, minus his treatment of the Japanese Americans.
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Postby Ireleand » Thu Oct 16, 2025 4:04 pm

Mekat wrote:Our good friend, Teddy Roosevelt.

Established the FDA, national parks, and had a children's toy named after him. What more could you want in a president?



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Postby Vile Island » Thu Oct 16, 2025 4:08 pm

What?, not who? as if they were an object.
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Vile Island wrote:What?, not who? as if they were an object.

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Postby Neo-Hermitius » Thu Oct 16, 2025 4:10 pm

New-Addlebrand wrote:Andrew Jackson: ended the banking cartel and removed usury.
So it's not even close.

the dude who was a white supremacist? yeah ok buddy

Lincoln was pretty good, I know he talked about black people poorly though. I'd still say him because he saved the union and ended slavery. FDR was also pretty good, ending the great depresssion and all. The interment camps were obviously shit though
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Postby Vile Island » Thu Oct 16, 2025 4:12 pm

Obama.
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Postby Neo-Hermitius » Thu Oct 16, 2025 4:13 pm

Vile Island wrote:Obama.

obama did like 1 great thing in his presidency tbf
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Postby Vile Island » Thu Oct 16, 2025 4:16 pm

Neo-Hermitius wrote:
Vile Island wrote:Obama.

obama did like 1 great thing in his presidency tbf


He won the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Postby Slembana » Thu Oct 16, 2025 4:17 pm

Neo-Hermitius wrote:
Vile Island wrote:Obama.

obama did like 1 great thing in his presidency tbf

What thing would that be?
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Postby Asukalia » Thu Oct 16, 2025 4:17 pm

From a non-American, I'd say Nixon or Reagan. Goldwater is the best President ya'll never got.
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Postby Herargon » Thu Oct 16, 2025 4:18 pm

Slembana wrote:
Neo-Hermitius wrote:obama did like 1 great thing in his presidency tbf

What thing would that be?


I'd assume Medicare for All.
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Postby Valrifall » Thu Oct 16, 2025 4:20 pm

Well I think the obvious answer is Lincoln, but 2nd best is Chester A Arthur.
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Postby Slembana » Thu Oct 16, 2025 4:21 pm

Valrifall wrote:Well I think the obvious answer is Lincoln, but 2nd best is Chester A Arthur.

Chester A. Arthur? Very random choice.
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Postby Valrifall » Thu Oct 16, 2025 4:23 pm

Slembana wrote:
Valrifall wrote:Well I think the obvious answer is Lincoln, but 2nd best is Chester A Arthur.

Chester A. Arthur? Very random choice.


He was competent, incorruptible, and reformed the civil service. I like him.
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Postby Imperial-Octavia » Thu Oct 16, 2025 4:23 pm

Calvin Coolidge was pretty good all things considered and Theodore Rosevelt also did well for the most part. Nixon would honestly be in the conversation if not for all his chicanery with three-letter agencies which really bring him down in my eyes. Washington and Lincoln go without saying, they're kind of a boring answer tbh.
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Postby Ethel mermania » Thu Oct 16, 2025 4:36 pm

Slembana wrote:
New-Addlebrand wrote:Andrew Jackson: ended the banking cartel and removed usury.
So it's not even close.

In reality, Jackson was one of the worst.

Except he gave the vote to non property owners. He democratized the republic

Jackson did some pretty good things, and some pretty bad things.
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Postby Ethel mermania » Thu Oct 16, 2025 4:37 pm

Vile Island wrote:
Neo-Hermitius wrote:obama did like 1 great thing in his presidency tbf


He won the Nobel Peace Prize.

The dei award.
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Postby Slembana » Thu Oct 16, 2025 4:39 pm

Ethel mermania wrote:
Slembana wrote:In reality, Jackson was one of the worst.

Except he gave the vote to non property owners. He democratized the republic

Jackson did some pretty good things, and some pretty bad things.

Fair. His treatment of black people and native Americans is a big black mark on his record nevertheless.
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Postby Ethel mermania » Thu Oct 16, 2025 4:42 pm

Slembana wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:Except he gave the vote to non property owners. He democratized the republic

Jackson did some pretty good things, and some pretty bad things.

Fair. His treatment of black people and native Americans is a big black mark on his record nevertheless.

Oh agreed.

Otoh his threat to kick Calhoun's ass if he tried to push secession was a positive
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