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Question: Who was your favorite president of the 20th century?
#1
Bill Clinton		  
#2
George H.W. Bush		  
#3
Ronald Reagan		  
#4
Jimmy Carter		  
#5
Gerald Ford		  
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Richard Nixon		  
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Lyndon Johnson		  
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John F. Kennedy		  
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Dwight Eisenhower		  
#10
Harry S Truman		  
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Franklin Roosevelt		  
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Herbert Hoover		  
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Calvin Coolidge		  
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Warren G. Harding		  
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Woodrow Wilson		  
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William Taft		  
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Theodore Roosevelt		  
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William McKinley		  
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PBrunsel
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« on: January 10, 2005, 06:34:02 PM »
Herbert Hoover of course!
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PBrunsel
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« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2005, 04:54:27 PM »
I feel so alone...

The one and only Hoover voter! Sad
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PBrunsel
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« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2005, 06:47:14 PM »
Quote from: skybridge on January 20, 2005, 06:37:02 AM
Quote from: President PBrunsel on January 19, 2005, 04:54:27 PM
I feel so alone...

The one and only Hoover voter! Sad

Sorry. Well, I haven't vote in my thread yet. Perhaps you can convince me to vote for Hoover?

You should vote for Hoover because he was a man who led the greatest relief work in world history as head of the World Food Corps from 1919-1921.

As President he was the first President to try to help the unemployed and poor.

He was a kind man who worked hard, belived in the American Dream, and always told the truth.
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PBrunsel
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« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2005, 07:16:43 PM »
Quote from: skybridge on January 21, 2005, 07:15:04 PM
Quote from: President PBrunsel on January 19, 2005, 04:54:27 PM

You should vote for Hoover because he was a man who led the greatest relief work in world history as head of the World Food Corps from 1919-1921.

As President he was the first President to try to help the unemployed and poor.

He was a kind man who worked hard, belived in the American Dream, and always told the truth.

First point: I know that was really great, but unfortunately he wasn't president then. It's like the Carter-paradox--great guy as well, but rather ineffective president.

Second point: What about the progressives? I don't mean to get into an argument about the Great Depression, but A LOT of people fell into poverty on Hoover's watch.

Third point: Well, it kind of goes back to the first point. Even as a more liberal-minded person, I'll give Reagan credit for being a charmer (e.g. "Honey, I forgot to duck"). However, I just disagree with his decisions too much to vote for him.

And what about the veterans?

The Bonus Army was MacArthur typically breaking Presidential Orders. Hoover actually fed the veternas, gave them medical care, anbd paid for all of that out of his own pocket while the Veterans were camped out in Washington.

Hoover took responciblity for MacArthur's rashness.
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PBrunsel
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« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2005, 01:04:27 PM »
Quote from: skybridge on January 22, 2005, 02:01:13 PM
Hoover might have been a great guy, but I'd rather rate the president than the man. If you had lived under his presidency, I'm not so sure you would have thought so favorably of him...

Better than that pampered eleitest snob FDR.

Hoover worked for his fortune, FDR inherited it. Who's the better man?
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