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In reply to the discussion: Favorite President [View all]zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)95. Glass Steagle
You're nominating the guy that created DADT, signed DOMA, passed welfare reform, and repealed Glass Steagle. Not to mention was amazingly reckless while in office with his personal behavior. (Really? A 22 year old whack job? What could go wrong here?)
Washington and Jefferson will be hard to beat.
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you mean Jefferson's all men are created equal forgetting women and slaves philosophy?
graham4anything
Jan 2013
#34
Taking a second to admire the poster with the LBJ avatar piecing out Jefferson's shortcomings.
Bucky
Jan 2013
#38
those are certainly the best two of my lifetime - which goes back to lbj
arely staircase
Jan 2013
#82
I can't believe I am having to defend Bill Clinton on DemocraticUndergroud.com
PennsylvaniaMatt
Jan 2013
#116
Grant is generally underrated-- not just for his presidency, but his career before that.
BlueCheese
Jan 2013
#44
In My Life... JFK... In The Modernish Era... FDR... In The Expanse Of History...
WillyT
Jan 2013
#59
Favorite politician-president: Clinton. Favorite president-president: Carter.
Tommy_Carcetti
Jan 2013
#64
And so you encourage me to talk about conspiracy aspects of the Kennedy assassination,
Nika
Jan 2013
#83