Apostle of Calamity Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 So while I was watching the latest Republican Debate on CNN I asked my Boyfriend that if he could have a past US president be US president once again who would he have? He responded by saying he felt we needed a president who was steadfast in his beliefs and always tried his hardest and with the right policies and said he would like John Tyler to be president again. I feel that Abraham Lincoln would be a good pick for president as his economic policies were very good during his time. Now for my question... If you could have a past US president be president again who would it be and why? You have to imagine that the presidents are fully updated on current politics otherwise this wuestion would be faulty. SO BLOODY HELL GET GOING! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tentacruel Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 George W. B... *Nuked* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yang Xiao-Long Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 George Washington. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine Jesse Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 Teddy Roosevelt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
❤ Lovely Warrior ❤ Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 [s]Paris Hilton[/s] i agree Lincoln Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankee Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 Regan. Seriously... Who would screw with us? XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catterjune Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 Anyone but Reagan. Nah but seriously, just about no one pre-civil rights era. They were all racist old curmudgeons who's ideas only died when they finally died. Which limits me to Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George Bush Sr, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Obama, and I'd rather not have any of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.WHAM Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 JFK or Teddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mehmani Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 Thomas Jefferson would be a good bet, as he was one of the first Atheistic philosophical thinkers (which made him visionary as he was able to exclude the religious ideals that impeded a lot of philosophy in that time) as well as being the main architect of the world's first secular republic. His writings are absolutely fantastic and I'd recommend them to anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apostle of Calamity Posted October 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 [quote name='Dт. Михаи́л Ботви́нник PчD' timestamp='1319147057' post='5590081'] Thomas Jefferson would be a good bet, as he was one of the first Atheistic philosophical thinkers (which made him visionary as he was able to exclude the religious ideals that impeded a lot of philosophy in that time) as well as being the main architect of the world's first secular republic. His writings are absolutely fantastic and I'd recommend them to anyone. [/quote] Umm. Thomas Jefferson was not an atheist however he did make a revolutionary book The Jeffersonian Bible. He was absolutely not an atheist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catman25 Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 Jefferson was a Deist. I choose Wilson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apostle of Calamity Posted October 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 [quote name='+Catman' timestamp='1319150983' post='5590204'] Jefferson was a Deist. I choose Wilson. [/quote] Hmm. I am iffy about this one. He was a good president but I felt that the League of Nations was a stupid idea and it also gave rise to the United Nations which I seriously dislike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilhorus Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 If I were American I'd want the jelly donut back again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DARKPLANT RISING Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 The topic title reminds me of the very concept of Ptolemy's Gate from the Bartimaeus Trilogy. Good series. Really good series. OT: I'd want to see how good George Washington REALLY was at politics. You never hear anything bad about him, so I wanna see the truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilhorus Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 [quote name='Darkplant - FEAR' timestamp='1319190063' post='5590991'] OT: I'd want to see how good George Washington REALLY was at politics. You never hear anything bad about him, so I wanna see the truth. [/quote] Well at least I can tell you that the man looking for equal rights for all men and "All men born free/equal blah blah" actually had slaves himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apostle of Calamity Posted October 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 [quote name='Ｈorus' timestamp='1319212458' post='5591465'] Well at least I can tell you that the man looking for equal rights for all men and "All men born free/equal blah blah" actually had slaves himself. [/quote] If he didn't he would have less popularity. There was nothing he could do about it. And he freed his slaves after his wife died according to his will. He wanted them free but he woulod have lost support because of it. People had slaves back then f*cking deal its over with, not everyone back in those times had the same ideal we did. Back then a white person having a slave was considered normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tentacruel Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 It was just the culture back then, you can't deem everyone of the era racist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilhorus Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 Touché, sirs. Never thought of it like that. It simply seemed hypocritical to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DARKPLANT RISING Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 That makes sense. Well, in that case, I'd want to see what all the politicans who agreed on the Emancipation Proclamation will do if they still lived. What Tentacruel said sorta made these people "even better", if that makes any sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alice Moonflowyr Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 JFK or Teddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Amazing Avian Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 Clinton. His was the only recent term in which the country actually started paying off the debt. Actually I would just want the taxation cap completely removed and progressive taxation (Tax brackets). Honestly if Republicans weren't such pricks about paying taxes, we would not be 15 trillion dollars in debt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankee Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 So, time for my honest post. Most other presidents would be horrible now. They were great during their times, and had different laws and standards set for them. Could you imagine Teddy Roosevelt nowadays? Things are different now, and many past presidents just simply were not the kind of people to cope with what we are now. However... Clinton seems like the easiest choice. He's recent, and did a good job. He's also not the only president to have fun with an intern. Every president did...he got caught. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apostle of Calamity Posted October 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 [quote name='Yankee' timestamp='1319266960' post='5593042'] So, time for my honest post. Most other presidents would be horrible now. They were great during their times, and had different laws and standards set for them. Could you imagine Teddy Roosevelt nowadays? Things are different now, and many past presidents just simply were not the kind of people to cope with what we are now. However... Clinton seems like the easiest choice. He's recent, and did a good job. He's also not the only president to have fun with an intern. Every president did...he got caught. [/quote] I said that the presidents would be updated on certain events of the present. Therefore they would know how everything works around here and whether their strategies would work or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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