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« Reply #25 on: July 31, 2007, 01:15:49 AM »

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« Reply #26 on: July 31, 2007, 04:20:34 AM »
Quote from: Southern Patriot on July 11, 2007, 09:05:41 PM
Who is your favorite VP that did not later become President?

My favorite is William Rufus King; mainly because he is the only VP from Alabama, and since he spent his entire term in a Cuban hospital means he didn't screw anything up.

Haha, he doesn't have a county named after him! Smiley
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« Reply #27 on: August 27, 2007, 05:58:48 PM »
There have been some good ones. I've always liked Thomas Marshall, Wilson's VP, but more for his sardonic wit than his statesmanship. One VP who always seems to get overlooked, but who had a reputation greater than any other in his day, was Garret Hobart, McKinley's first VP. He was so well-respected during his tenure, and so valued for his service to the administration, that he was often called the "Assistant President." But he died near the end of McKinley's first term. If not, he undoubtedly would have been renominated and re-elected along with McKinley, and would have become President when McKinley was assassinated. And Theodore Roosevelt may well never have become President at all.
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« Reply #28 on: August 27, 2007, 06:47:52 PM »
As you can probably tell from my avatar, I really like Henry A. Wallace.  A close second is Al Gore.
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« Reply #29 on: August 28, 2007, 03:19:24 PM »
Quote from: Jesus on July 31, 2007, 04:20:34 AM
Quote from: Southern Patriot on July 11, 2007, 09:05:41 PM
Who is your favorite VP that did not later become President?

My favorite is William Rufus King; mainly because he is the only VP from Alabama, and since he spent his entire term in a Cuban hospital means he didn't screw anything up.

Haha, he doesn't have a county named after him! Smiley

In honor of his inauguration as Vice President, the newly formed Washington Territory named King County for him, as well as Pierce County after President Pierce, in hopes of gaining speedy admission to the Union by currying favor with the new administration (Washington did not become a state until 1889). Pierce and King Counties still exist, but on February 24, 1986 the King County Council passed Motion 6461, "setting forth the historical basis for the 'renaming' of King County in honor of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." On April 19, 2005, Washington Governor Christine Gregoire signed Senate Bill 5332 into law, formalizing the prior resolution and officially designating King County's name to be in honor of Martin Luther King.
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« Reply #30 on: August 28, 2007, 03:28:26 PM »
Quote from: Southern Patriot on August 28, 2007, 03:19:24 PM
Quote from: Jesus on July 31, 2007, 04:20:34 AM
Quote from: Southern Patriot on July 11, 2007, 09:05:41 PM
Who is your favorite VP that did not later become President?

My favorite is William Rufus King; mainly because he is the only VP from Alabama, and since he spent his entire term in a Cuban hospital means he didn't screw anything up.

Haha, he doesn't have a county named after him! Smiley

In honor of his inauguration as Vice President, the newly formed Washington Territory named King County for him, as well as Pierce County after President Pierce, in hopes of gaining speedy admission to the Union by currying favor with the new administration (Washington did not become a state until 1889). Pierce and King Counties still exist, but on February 24, 1986 the King County Council passed Motion 6461, "setting forth the historical basis for the 'renaming' of King County in honor of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." On April 19, 2005, Washington Governor Christine Gregoire signed Senate Bill 5332 into law, formalizing the prior resolution and officially designating King County's name to be in honor of Martin Luther King.

Yes, that is what I was getting at.
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« Reply #31 on: August 28, 2007, 08:26:46 PM »
It's a bucket of warm piss, get it right.
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« Reply #32 on: August 28, 2007, 08:28:07 PM »
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« Reply #33 on: August 28, 2007, 08:29:35 PM »
I agree with NDN's list entirely.
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« Reply #34 on: August 28, 2007, 08:33:04 PM »
« Edited: August 28, 2007, 08:35:51 PM by King Porter Stomp »
Thank you. Although I had a tough time including Gore because it's hard recognizing the current buffoon as our President.

Edited: Didn't want to insult the Chimps.
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« Reply #35 on: August 28, 2007, 09:16:05 PM »
Afraid of PETA bombing your house?
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« Reply #36 on: August 28, 2007, 11:46:05 PM »
Possibly Al Gore.
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« Reply #37 on: September 05, 2007, 08:56:05 AM »
Henry Wallace
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« Reply #38 on: September 10, 2007, 12:51:02 PM »
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« Reply #39 on: November 24, 2007, 04:09:16 PM »
Gore, Mondale, Humphrey, Wallace, in no particular order.
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« Reply #40 on: November 24, 2007, 05:16:20 PM »
Hubert Humphrey
Al Gore
Nelson Rockefeller
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« Reply #41 on: November 25, 2007, 12:11:39 AM »
Hubert Humphrey
Al Gore
Walter Mondale
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« Reply #42 on: November 25, 2007, 04:32:32 PM »

Your answer is shocking. Shocking. Deeply shocking. Smiley
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« Reply #43 on: November 25, 2007, 06:21:06 PM »

Just as shocking as Rockefeller Republican's.
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« Reply #44 on: November 25, 2007, 07:10:40 PM »
Henry Wallace, before his suspicious self-rehabilitation
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« Reply #45 on: November 25, 2007, 11:04:09 PM »
Besides Dick Cheney, who I named previously in this thread, I also like Nelson Rockefeller.

A Rockefeller Presidency would have been activist and colorful.
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