Who's your favorite President who never was?

[Beefalow and the Consumer]

Bryan would have settled the question of evolution in America long before we would have had to put up with this mess.

1. At the time it wasn't a question.
2. He would have had no power to "settle" it.

By the time Scopes came around, the established practice was not to teach evolution in public schools anyway.  His being President wouldn't have changed a single thing.

[Emsworth]

Barry Goldwater

[Virginian87]

Barry Goldwater

If he had been president, how would Vietnam have turned out?  Do you think we would have used nukes?

[Beefalow and the Consumer]

Barry Goldwater

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[A18]

Barry Goldwater

If he had been president, how would Vietnam have turned out?  Do you think we would have used nukes?

No. That is a lie made up by propagandists on behalf of the lying scumbag (Lyndon Johnson) and his campaign.

[Virginian87]

Barry Goldwater

If he had been president, how would Vietnam have turned out?  Do you think we would have used nukes?

No. That is a lie made up by propagandists on behalf of the lying scumbag (Lyndon Johnson) and his campaign.

Well, would Vietnam have been any more stable under his administration?

[Emsworth]

Goldwater was infinitely superior to Johnson. He actually respected private property, and had no absurd notions about a "War on Poverty" (which can never be won).

I see no credence in the assertion that he would have used nuclear weapons in Vietnam.

[Lincoln Republican]

Charles Evans Hughes, Rep. 1916
He went to bed thinking he was elected.
He woke up the next morning, learned he had lost his lead in California, which swung narrowly to Wilson, giving Wilson the win.

Anyone for Alf Landon, Rep. 1936 or Weldell Wilkie, Rep. 1940?  Not on my favorites list though.

Thomas Dewey would have made a good President.

Nelson Rockefeller, who tried so hard to win the GOP nomination on 3 occasions, would have made a good President.

Hubert Humphrey was a good man, and wanted so badly to be President.  Would have done well in the job.

 

[Virginian87]

Charles Evans Hughes, Rep. 1916
He went to bed thinking he was elected.
He woke up the next morning, learned he had lost his lead in California, which swung narrowly to Wilson, giving Wilson the win.

Anyone for Alf Landon, Rep. 1936 or Weldell Wilkie, Rep. 1940?  Not on my favorites list though.

Thomas Dewey would have made a good President.

Nelson Rockefeller, who tried so hard to win the GOP nomination on 3 occasions, would have made a good President.

Hubert Humphrey was a good man, and wanted so badly to be President.  Would have done well in the job.

 

I agree that Rockefeller and Humphrey might have made good presidents.  Though I'm not sure how either would have handled 'Nam.

[Bugs]

Samuel Tilden
Alton Parker
Charles Hughes
Bob Dole

[RJ]

I'll go with Humphrey. My dad saw him speak in the late 60's at one time and commented on his intelligence and cunning nature. He doesn't say things like that about people very often, let alone politicians. Unfortunatley, Humphrey suffered(from what I've heard) from Johnson interfering in his campaign.

[Max Power]

John Kerry.

[Lincoln Republican]

Charles Evans Hughes, Rep. 1916
He went to bed thinking he was elected.
He woke up the next morning, learned he had lost his lead in California, which swung narrowly to Wilson, giving Wilson the win.

Anyone for Alf Landon, Rep. 1936 or Weldell Wilkie, Rep. 1940?  Not on my favorites list though.

Thomas Dewey would have made a good President.

Nelson Rockefeller, who tried so hard to win the GOP nomination on 3 occasions, would have made a good President.

Hubert Humphrey was a good man, and wanted so badly to be President.  Would have done well in the job.

 

I agree that Rockefeller and Humphrey might have made good presidents.  Though I'm not sure how either would have handled 'Nam.

According to Theodore H. White, in "The Making of the President 1968" Regarding Nelson Rockefeller

"on the dominant issue of the moment, Vietnam, he had neither public nor private posture."

In late September, 1968, in Salt Lake City, Hubert Humphrey gave a speech on Vietnam, part of which is quoted in the same book, which sheds light on Humphrey's Vietnam policy.

"As President," said Humphrey, "I would stop the bombing of North Vietnam as an acceptable risk for peace because I believe it could lead to success in the negotiations and thereby shorten the war.  This would be the best protection for our troops.  In weighing that risk, and before taking action, I would place key importance on evidence of Communist willingness to restore the demilitarized zone between North and South Vietnam.  Now if the government of North Vietnam were to show bad faith, I would reserve the right to resume the bombing....Secondly, I would take the risk that the South Vietnamese would meet the responsibilities they say they are now ready to assume in their own self-defense;  I would move, in other words, towards de-Americanization of the war....Third, I would propose once more an immediate cease-fire, with United Nations or other international supervision, and supervised withdrawal of all foreign forces from South Vietnam."   

[TommyC1776]

Robert Kennedy

[Jake]

Democrats: Scoop Jackson, Hubert Humphrey
Republicans: Goldwater, John Connolly
Others: George Wallace, George Patton

[jokerman]

Hubert Humphrey, William Jennings Bryan, Alexander Hamilton, Bobby Kennedy......

[Speed of Sound]

tack Debs and Stevenson on to my list

[afleitch]

Lloyd Bentsen

[Ben.]

H. H. Humphrey

Adali Stevenson

Colin Powel

Lloyd Bentsen

[PBrunsel]

Elihu Root. Genious Secretary of State for TR and far more pro-business than Taft.

[Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon]

Colin Powell

[© tweed]

Al Gore

[YRABNNRM]

Barry Goldwater
Thomas Dewey
Nelson Rockefeller
Colin Powell
John McCain

[big bad fab]

A ticket Gene Hackman/Homer Simpson would have been fine... Or Denzel Washington/Bart Simpson, a bit younger...

Allen Dulles would have been interesting.

John Glenn ?

No, my favourite is McCain, since Arnie can't be president.

[big bad fab]

I forgot Patton!

And MacArthur...

So funny...