your favorite american president

[Troublesome Lagomorph]

For me it's between George Washington and Lincon. Both fought in/lead very important wars in US history and Washington set down the basics of the US government.

 

[Lazier Than Thou]

Lincoln.

If memory serves, he ran with a member of the opposing party as his vice. He knew the system required the input of the opposing forces to run smoothly. Either that or it was a bid to get votes from both major political parties.

If only modern presidents (and people in general) took that idea. Alas, they didn't.

In fact, in early US history, the VP was always a member of the opposing party. Whoever lost the presidential election became Vice President. The problem was, as it is now, that oftentimes this leads to deadlock instead of compromise, so there's a risk of nothing getting done.

But for what it's worth, in the last election, there was speculation that McCain (a Republican) wanted to run with his close friend, senator Lieberman (a Democrat) on his ticket. If McCain wasn't such a sellout and hadn't caved in (again) to the rest of the Republicans, it might have well happened. Instead, we got the Wild Wordsmith of Wasilla.

McCain/Lieberman, huh? Now that's a Republican presidential candidacy the Democrats can really get behind!

On topic, I'm gonna go with Andrew Jackson. If I remember correctly, during his Presidency was the only time the US was without a deficit. I'm not 100% on that, though.

 

[mklnjbh]

Teddy Roosevelt. A guy who can destroy the Spanish military with his smile alone just can't be compared to anything.

 

[Souplex]

Robert Neon. He embodies war mongering corruption, yet he is so honest about it that you always feel you can trust him. FDR is a close second for winning a two front war, punching out poverty and screwing everything that moved simultaneously all while confined to a wheelchair.

 

[Gruthar]

McCain/Lieberman, huh? Now that's a Republican presidential candidacy the Democrats can really get behind!

I won't make any assertions as to the wisdom of such a decision, only that it nearly happened.

Personally, I see Lieberman as an Enemy of Video Games based on the comments he's made, and that alone is enough for me to despise him.

 

[crudus]

Andrew Jackson.
He was in a duel, got shot in the chest, then proceeded to shoot the other man's head off.
He was a super badass.

That is by far the least badass thing he did. Andrew Jackson was the first president on whom an assassination attempt was made. Both pistols misfired; Jackson proceeded to beat his would-be-assailant near death with his cane until Jackson's aides pulled him off the assassin.

 

[ultracheeser]

George Bush

He makes me laugh.

yeah... I kind of miss him. Not really though.

 

[kotorfan04]

Teddy Roosevelt. He charged up a hill on foot, was a champion kick boxer, had a black belt in jujitsu, kept a lion, bear, and a badger as pets, (the badger was a 'gift' form a girl at one of his speeches, which she threw at him), not to mention he got shot at a speech and told the bullet to go fuck itself, because he had a fucking speech to finish.

All other Presidents combined and Chuck Norris are inferior in every way.

Basically this. When he died he died sleeping because if death came for him during the day the magazines said he would fight it! Even Death was afraid of that crazy mofo.

 

[somerandomguy76]

Teddy "Fucking" Roosevelt!!

 

[Headless Zombie]

Roosevelt was the kind of man that you could trust to keep his word.

I hope that another Teddy Roosevelt comes along, though the question is do we deserve one.

 

[TheSentinel]

Gotta give points to both Teddy "Motherfucking" Roosevelt and Andrew "Old Hickory" Jackson for sheer badassery.

Also, Bill "Slick Willy" Clinton (Yes, I will mention every nickname for a president) gets points for the state of the economy.

But, my favorite president was Dwight "Ike" Eisenhower. As they said back then, I Like Ike.

 

[BuckminsterF]

Either of the Roosevelts or Kennedy

 

[Lazier Than Thou]

I won't make any assertions as to the wisdom of such a decision, only that it nearly happened.

Personally, I see Lieberman as an Enemy of Video Games based on the comments he's made, and that alone is enough for me to despise him.

I honestly only wanted to make that joke. I didn't know a single republican who wanted to vote for the 3rd Bush.

 

[Mcface]

Andrew Jackson.

Regular guy, if you disagreed with him, he would challenge you to a duel. And win.

 

[asdasdasdasda]

George Washington, Ben Franklin, and Ron are my favorite presidents.

 

[silentsentinel]

My choice is Theodore Roosevelt, of course.

However, I once heard a recording of his voice (he was the first president to ever be recorded) and burst out laughing. His voice does not at all match with his reputation and his build.

Also, a fun fact: he hated his nickname, Teddy.

 

[3rd rung]

William Henry Harrison 90 days

 

[Blackadder51]

David Palmer

 

[yosophat]

JFK

 

[S-Unleashed]

Washington,Lincoln,Kennedy.