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FakeNoose

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39. He was a terrible President, based on the records of the day

Sun Apr 22, 2018, 08:12 PM

Apr 2018

... but as a former President, John Quincy Adams absolutely ROCKED.

I recently re-watched the movie "Amistad" (directed by Steven Spielberg) that illustrates the time when Quincy Adams argued before the Supreme Court to free the Amistad prisoners. The case was considered the cornerstone of the Abolitionist movement that ultimately led to the Civil War and Emancipation. It's a great movie and uplifting for liberals/progressives to see the right thing being done in the name of the law.

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This great president has never been recognized at its fair value [View all] syringis Apr 2018 OP

He also gave up his career as engineer on a nuclear submarine to run that peanut farm csziggy Apr 2018 #1

Awesome post. Thanks. nt Blue_true Apr 2018 #7

Agree - great post about a great president. The lesser people try to besmirch anyone erronis Apr 2018 #17

+1 GeorgeGist Apr 2018 #14

K&R Auggie Apr 2018 #2

Terrible president. Mr.Bill Apr 2018 #3

Even the estimable BHO is in JEC's shadow, as a human being. BobTheSubgenius Apr 2018 #4

President Obama will have very large post-presidency shoes to fill. Blue_true Apr 2018 #8

This sounds like a "horse race" for goodness. The repuglicans are working on the other end. nt erronis Apr 2018 #18

You clearly missed the point. Blue_true Apr 2018 #22

John Quincy Adams . . . Journeyman Apr 2018 #23

Kicking for this post, too. calimary Apr 2018 #27

Wow. nt. Blue_true Apr 2018 #30

He was a terrible President, based on the records of the day FakeNoose Apr 2018 #39

Totally agree gopiscrap Apr 2018 #5

Very likely the most undervalued President in history. Blue_true Apr 2018 #6

He had great policies, didn't he? Unfortunately he suffered from what I call PatrickforO Apr 2018 #11

True courage and conviction is hard to recognize. Blue_true Apr 2018 #12

Yeah. Never tell the people the actual truth with facts. erronis Apr 2018 #19

Ain't that the truth? Dave Starsky Apr 2018 #43

Jimmy Carter made the same mistake Clinton and Obama made. Boomerproud Apr 2018 #28

I agree with PatrickforO's comment but... Timer Apr 2018 #36

There is no doubt about it; Jimmy Carter is a great man. PatrickforO Apr 2018 #9

Jimmy Carter had, and still has Scarsdale Apr 2018 #42

This is a case of a man being ahead of his time. The country was not willing to make sacrifices. dameatball Apr 2018 #10

Some of us were. llmart Apr 2018 #21

You are correct. I meant the % of the country who went via Reagan and bought the lies. dameatball Apr 2018 #25

A very large percentage, too... llmart Apr 2018 #34

All Reagan had to do was tell the privileged how great they were and their lives could be perfect Boomerproud Apr 2018 #29

This country had a choice with Carter lunatica Apr 2018 #33

KICK Angry Dragon Apr 2018 #13

He is the best of us pecosbob Apr 2018 #15

You and me both ailsagirl Apr 2018 #16

He was and is a great man...but he was not a great President. First Speaker Apr 2018 #20

In an alternate universe, he might have been an incredible SecState Algernon Moncrieff Apr 2018 #31

I think we place too many credits and expectations on all the US presidents nolabels Apr 2018 #41

Peace between Israel and Egypt is HUGE. Ellen Forradalom Apr 2018 #48

I tend to think of a bit from the movie Fortinbras Armstrong Apr 2018 #44

Total opposite of trump JI7 Apr 2018 #24

I hope someday that colorado_ufo Apr 2018 #26

One of America's finest persons, period. nt oasis Apr 2018 #32

I love and greatly admire President Jimmy Carter. lark Apr 2018 #35

A good decent man ... under rated President Raine Apr 2018 #37

Actually, he's 93 and a true force of nature jg10003 Apr 2018 #38

And he almost lost that farm after his four years as president Rhiannon12866 Apr 2018 #40

How unlike the kleptocrat-in-chief n/t Fortinbras Armstrong Apr 2018 #45

K&R.. disillusioned73 Apr 2018 #46

History is going to be much kinder to Carter than his contemporaries. Ellen Forradalom Apr 2018 #47

I was very politically active in the late 1970s and early 1980s... LisaM Apr 2018 #49

A truly great and wonderful person. lucca18 Apr 2018 #50

Not such a great president, but one of the very best of all human beings! democratisphere Apr 2018 #51