Was Woodrow Wilson a U.S. dictator? I think he was...

[Alexander Hamilton]

Idiot.

B******!

lol

[Alexander Hamilton]

No, Wilson was democratically elected.

What's scarier? That Woodrow Wilson was a president or that people voted him into office?

Fujimori was elected in Peru and expanded his power.

Lukashenko was elected in Belarus and expanded his power.

And was Hitler elected or appointed?

Granted.
Maybe I'm a dumbass on this issue but wasn't Woodrow Wilson elected into office twice?
Didn't he also decide not to run again in 1920 because he got unpopular?
A true dictator gains enough power as to make removal (via democratic means) almost impossible. In the election of 1916 there was a possibility that Wilson would lose the election. Also, while I won't argue that Wilson was possibly one of the most unconstitutional presidents ever he still needed a bit more to accomplish to get that well deserved title of "dictator".
Dictators aren't democratically removed from power, they are removed by force.
Woodrow Wilson was enough of a douche to be a dick, but he didn't have the balls to be a dictator.

Believe me, I would love it if the history books called Wilson a dictator, but I don't think there is enough evidence that he fit the definition of one.

Technically, Wilson was unable to serve the full term he was elected to. I doubt he could've avoided being "democratically removed".

[Alexander Hamilton]

Remember, Wilson was reelected by the smallest margin in American history; his Party then lost Majorities in Congress at the next election.  Hardly something that would happen under a Dictator.

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[Alexander Hamilton]

Remember, Wilson was reelected by the smallest margin in American history; his Party then lost Majorities in Congress at the next election.  Hardly something that would happen under a Dictator.

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That makes no sense.

Bush was elected and re-elected by very small margins, yet was pretty much a dictator in that he usurped power and implemented a clearly authoritarian regime, and has Bush gone anywhere? Obama IS Bush.

[Alexander Hamilton]

Remember, Wilson was reelected by the smallest margin in American history; his Party then lost Majorities in Congress at the next election.  Hardly something that would happen under a Dictator.

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That makes no sense.

Bush was elected and re-elected by very small margins, yet was pretty much a dictator in that he usurped power and implemented a clearly authoritarian regime, and has Bush gone anywhere? Obama IS Bush.

The last sentence is mostly right (except in foreign policy, which is the only place where the parties differ at all), but that doesn't make either of them dictators.

The electoral system is flawed.

[Alexander Hamilton]

Wilson was an awful man, but alas, he was not a dictator.


I'd also like to point out that Bush is a 21st Century example of Wilsonianism in the modern age.

Except George Bush cared about black people.

[Alexander Hamilton]

Wilson was an awful man, but alas, he was not a dictator.


I'd also like to point out that Bush is a 21st Century example of Wilsonianism in the modern age.

Except George Bush cared about black people.

To the Comedy Goldmine!

Hey, tough love is still caring right?

[Alexander Hamilton]

I think, to a degree, Bush and Wilson share a similar foreign policy.  The spread of democracy is big for both of them, as is the religious tilt they have to it.  Wilson was more bilateral, though, than Bush, and more competent.

That's not hard

Sadly that's not true, either

[Alexander Hamilton]

I think, to a degree, Bush and Wilson share a similar foreign policy.  The spread of democracy is big for both of them, as is the religious tilt they have to it.  Wilson was more bilateral, though, than Bush, and more competent.

That's not hard

Sadly that's not true, either

I don't understand how can anyone still regard Bush as a good President

I don't understand how anyone can still regard Wilson as a good President