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Started by Kleves, July 23, 2011, 03:45:12 PM

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Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who's the most overrated of them all?

Jefferson
2 (3.9%)
TR
1 (2%)
FDR
9 (17.6%)
Truman
3 (5.9%)
JFK
10 (19.6%)
Reagan
20 (39.2%)
Bush I
0 (0%)
Clinton
2 (3.9%)
Other
4 (7.8%)

Total Members Voted: 50

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The Brain

#90
July 25, 2011, 10:28:54 AM
Quote from: Zeus on July 25, 2011, 10:25:58 AM
Quote from: The Brain on July 24, 2011, 01:34:16 PM
FDR

da fuck? How could anyone say FDR is overrated?

In many circles he is considered one of the greatest presidents.
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Zeus

#91
July 25, 2011, 10:29:41 AM
Quote from: The Brain on July 25, 2011, 10:28:54 AM
Quote from: Zeus on July 25, 2011, 10:25:58 AM
Quote from: The Brain on July 24, 2011, 01:34:16 PM
FDR

da fuck? How could anyone say FDR is overrated?

In many circles he is considered one of the greatest presidents.

I'm sure there are circles where Nixon was the greatest president. Doesn't make him over rated.
To be cunning and vicious is a fairly obvious shortcut to total victory.

The Brain

#92
July 25, 2011, 10:30:10 AM
Quote from: Zeus on July 25, 2011, 10:29:41 AM
Quote from: The Brain on July 25, 2011, 10:28:54 AM
Quote from: Zeus on July 25, 2011, 10:25:58 AM
Quote from: The Brain on July 24, 2011, 01:34:16 PM
FDR

da fuck? How could anyone say FDR is overrated?

In many circles he is considered one of the greatest presidents.

I'm sure there are circles where Nixon was the greatest president. Doesn't make him over rated.

Whatever you say, Mr. Assertion.
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garbon

#93
July 25, 2011, 10:38:02 AM
I voted FDR as well. :hug:
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Zeus

#94
July 25, 2011, 10:39:17 AM
 :rolleyes: You people are misguided.
To be cunning and vicious is a fairly obvious shortcut to total victory.

Habbaku

#95
July 25, 2011, 10:50:37 AM
Quote from: Zeus on July 25, 2011, 10:39:17 AM
:rolleyes: You people are misguided.

Convincing.
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Zeus

#96
July 25, 2011, 10:52:37 AM
Quote from: Habbaku on July 25, 2011, 10:50:37 AM
Quote from: Zeus on July 25, 2011, 10:39:17 AM
:rolleyes: You people are misguided.

Convincing.

I've noticed even the most convincing arguments here are often overlooked and disregarded.
To be cunning and vicious is a fairly obvious shortcut to total victory.

Barrister

#97
July 25, 2011, 11:09:47 AM
Surely the most over-rated President must be George Washington?

Not overrated as a General, or a revolutionary leader, but his time as President was fairly unremarkable, and yet the hagiography of President Washington is strong.
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Ed Anger

#98
July 25, 2011, 12:11:22 PM
Quote from: Zeus on July 25, 2011, 10:52:37 AM
Quote from: Habbaku on July 25, 2011, 10:50:37 AM
Quote from: Zeus on July 25, 2011, 10:39:17 AM
:rolleyes: You people are misguided.

Convincing.

I've noticed even the most convincing arguments here are often overlooked and disregarded.

Nobody really cares.
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Tonitrus

#99
July 25, 2011, 12:12:45 PM
Quote from: Barrister on July 25, 2011, 11:09:47 AM
Surely the most over-rated President must be George Washington?

Not overrated as a General, or a revolutionary leader, but his time as President was fairly unremarkable, and yet the hagiography of President Washington is strong.

As was mentioned earlier...he left the Presidency when he could have easily stayed in it until death, and thus set one of the finest examples for an ideal of American politics.

Barrister

#100
July 25, 2011, 12:22:27 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on July 25, 2011, 12:12:45 PM
Quote from: Barrister on July 25, 2011, 11:09:47 AM
Surely the most over-rated President must be George Washington?

Not overrated as a General, or a revolutionary leader, but his time as President was fairly unremarkable, and yet the hagiography of President Washington is strong.

As was mentioned earlier...he left the Presidency when he could have easily stayed in it until death, and thus set one of the finest examples for an ideal of American politics.

So the best thing he did as President was to stop being President?

I think my point still stands.
Posts here are my own private opinions.  I do not speak for my employer.

Razgovory

#101
July 25, 2011, 12:28:22 PM
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

DGuller

#102
July 25, 2011, 12:48:46 PM
Quote from: Barrister on July 25, 2011, 12:22:27 PM
So the best thing he did as President was to stop being President?

I think my point still stands.
:lol: Sounds like some Canadians here are still bitter that America refused to take them in 1812.

citizen k

#103
July 25, 2011, 12:56:07 PM
Quote from: Barrister on July 25, 2011, 11:09:47 AM
Surely the most over-rated President must be George Washington?

Not overrated as a General, or a revolutionary leader, but his time as President was fairly unremarkable, and yet the hagiography of President Washington is strong.

He set the standard.  :huh:

I don't think we could have asked for a better first president.


dps

#104
July 25, 2011, 12:57:07 PM
Quote from: Zeus on July 25, 2011, 10:52:37 AM
Quote from: Habbaku on July 25, 2011, 10:50:37 AM
Quote from: Zeus on July 25, 2011, 10:39:17 AM
:rolleyes: You people are misguided.

Convincing.

I've noticed even the most convincing arguments here are often overlooked and disregarded.

Well, yeah, but you only get to complain about it when you make one.
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