Who's the Most Popular Modern President?

[TenPenny]

I feel kind of guilty raining on everyone's parade but Reagan and Kennedy both benefit from rose tinted glass syndrome in most peoples' eyes. Kennedy gave some great speeches and really galvanized the US in things like the space race, but he was also responsible for startomg the escalations in Vietnam.

Kennedy had planned to back out of 'nam after the next election, but that idea was cut short.

Still, I think if Kennedy had lived, his ugly side and behavior would have come out, the press would have stopped turning a blind eye to his shenanigans, both personal and political. He was pretty much the last president where the press more or less decided to gloss over things, after that the press developed much more of a cut throat attitude toward politicians, which is actually a good thing.

 

[JLM]

Kennedy had planned to back out of 'nam after the next election, but that idea was cut short.

Still, I think if Kennedy had lived, his ugly side and behavior would have come out, the press would have stopped turning a blind eye to his shenanigans, both personal and political. He was pretty much the last president where the press more or less decided to gloss over things, after that the press developed much more of a cut throat attitude toward politicians, which is actually a good thing.

You might be right. :smile:

 

[china]

JFK definitely deserves to be # 1. Clinton # 2. All else trail by a long shot, especially the far right Republicans.

gopher

JFK definitely deserves to be # 1. Clinton # 2.

-Democrats , JFK and his younger brother had an affair with M. Monroe - they were both shot to death ..Lord have mercy on their souls.
- the other one, ( Clinton) had an oral sex ,with a white house employee, in the oval office - this democrat is still alive . :icon_smile:

 

[JLM]

gopher

-Democrats , JFK and his younger brother had an affair with M. Monroe - they were both shot to death ..Lord have mercy on their souls.
- the other one, ( Clinton) had an oral sex ,with a white house employee, in the oval office - this democrat is still alive . :icon_smile:

A bunch of sex maniacs. :lol:

 

[Kreskin]

Toss up between Nixon and Carter.

 

[Avro]

Kennedy had planned to back out of 'nam after the next election, but that idea was cut short.

Still, I think if Kennedy had lived, his ugly side and behavior would have come out, the press would have stopped turning a blind eye to his shenanigans, both personal and political. He was pretty much the last president where the press more or less decided to gloss over things, after that the press developed much more of a cut throat attitude toward politicians, which is actually a good thing.

What the press has become is tabloid style garbage that has nothing to do with real issues.

I really don't care what a politician does in the bedroom.

 

[ironsides]

Ronald Reagan (shutting down the USSR). To quote: " I really don't care what a politician does in the bedroom.", followed by JFK. I think JFK handled the Cuban missile crisis very well. He called the Bears bluff, and ended aggressive nuclear threats for the next 50+ years.

 

[JLM]

What the press has become is tabloid style garbage that has nothing to do with real issues.

I really don't care what a politician does in the bedroom.

I'm not sure Clinton and Monica ever made it to the bedroom. :lol: I heard she was working "under the table" :lol:

 

[Avro]

Ronald Reagan (shutting down the USSR). To quote: " I really don't care what a politician does in the bedroom.", followed by JFK. I think JFK handled the Cuban missile crisis very well. He called the Bears bluff, and ended aggressive nuclear threats for the next 50+ years.

Reagan shutting down the USSR is one of those great right wing myths.

 

[YukonJack]

The fact that Gorbachev got the Nobel Piss Prize from the communist Nobel Piss Prize committee for the collapse of the former Soviet Union, while Reagan was ignored by the same bunch of incompetents, is all the proof that any normal person needs that it was indeed, Reagan who put the legacy of Lenin to its well-deserved place: in the ash-heap of history.

After all the same bunch gave the now totally discredited piece of crap to Yasser Arafat, Al Gore and most glaringly to Barrack Hussain Obama.

 

[Avro]

The fact that Gorbachev got the Nobel Piss Prize from the communist Nobel Piss Prize committee for the collapse of the former Soviet Union, while Reagan was ignored by the same bunch of incompetents, is all the proof that any normal person needs that it was indeed, Reagan who put the legacy of Lenin to its well-deserved place: in the ash-heap of history.

After all the same bunch gave the now totally discredited piece of crap to Yasser Arafat, Al Gore and most glaringly to Barrack Hussain Obama.

That's because Reagan had nothing to do with it.

Reagan should have gotten it for trying to rid the world of nukes, something Palin seems to be against.

 

[JLM]

The fact that Gorbachev got the Nobel Piss Prize from the communist Nobel Piss Prize committee for the collapse of the former Soviet Union, while Reagan was ignored by the same bunch of incompetents, is all the proof that any normal person needs that it was indeed, Reagan who put the legacy of Lenin to its well-deserved place: in the ash-heap of history.

After all the same bunch gave the now totally discredited piece of crap to Yasser Arafat, Al Gore and most glaringly to Barrack Hussain Obama.

Isn't he identifiable by simply "Obama" or to distinguish him from his wife & kids "Barack Obama"

The fact that Gorbachev got the Nobel Piss Prize from the communist Nobel Piss Prize committee for the collapse of the former Soviet Union, while Reagan was ignored by the same bunch of incompetents, is all the proof that any normal person needs that it was indeed, Reagan who put the legacy of Lenin to its well-deserved place: in the ash-heap of history.

After all the same bunch gave the now totally discredited piece of crap to Yasser Arafat, Al Gore and most glaringly to Barrack Hussain Obama.

If you feel you do have to use the entire handle, perhaps you could spell it correctly. :smile:

 

[YukonJack]

Isn't he identifiable by simply "Obama" or to distinguish him from his wife & kids "Barack Obama"

JLM, don't break my heart and turn POLITICALLY CORRECT!!!

Is identifying a person by his full name now wrong???

I thought only small people bitch and complain about spelling.

 

[ironsides]

Reagan shutting down the USSR is one of those great right wing myths.

Of course the Left would deny this, I expect nothing from them. Left deny a lot of things but Ronnie just ran the USSR out of money. They still refuse to give credit where credit is due. Ronnie made mistakes, but not in this case.

 

[Cliffy]

Funny, the way I remember it was that Ronny Raygun was elected by the moral majority on a platform to escalate the nuclear arms race. The right wing fundies want Armageddon so bad they could taste it and Ronny was their man, bringing hope to start WWIII and the return of JC.

 

[petros]

Of course the Left would deny this, I expect nothing from them. Left deny a lot of things but Ronnie just ran the USSR out of money. They still refuse to give credit where credit is due. Ronnie made mistakes, but not in this case.

Oh no no no no. Khruschev was a Ukrainian and he gave Ukrainians independance which led to strike after strike after strike.

Look it up. It wasn't the arms race. It was Ukrainian workers striking.

 

[JLM]

JLM, don't break my heart and turn POLITICALLY CORRECT!!!

Is identifying a person by his full name now wrong???

I thought only small people bitch and complain about spelling.

Depends on the motive for it. What is your motive for including the "Hussain" on a regular basis? Bitch and complain about spelling? ...............I agree when it's a word, when it's a name I'm a bit of a stickler for it- my last name has been misspelt (even though it only has 5 letters) over the years, so I believe if you get everything else wrong about a person at least get his name right, that is the most important thing he has.

 

[Cliffy]

It was actually the chimp that brought down the USSR. The chimp was the man behind the throne.

 

[Avro]

JLM, don't break my heart and turn POLITICALLY CORRECT!!!

Is identifying a person by his full name now wrong???

I thought only small people bitch and complain about spelling.

Do you ever use Sarah Palins middle name?

Why not?

Yeah, only small people do complain about spelling.

Have a good day tiny.

 

[JLM]

Do you ever use Sarah Palins middle name?

Why not?

Yeah, only small people do complain about spelling.

Have a good day tiny.

You're talkin' Sarah Louise Palin.....................got that Y.J.? :lol: