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GulfCoast66

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7. Not really fair to compare the 3. But you asked.

Reply to Dpm12 (Original post)

Tue Apr 4, 2017, 07:48 PM

Apr 2017

Washington and Lincoln- tie. Both saw the nation through an existential crisis. The way Washington left amazed the entire world at the time. Not since the Roman republic had a powerful head of state voluntarily step down and he sent the message that we Americans should accept nothing less.

FDR not far behind but IMHO he did not face quite the challenge.

Good thought exercise though.

Unfortunately, debating the worse will no longer be much of a thought exercise.

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Abraham Lincoln vs. Franklin D. Roosevelt vs. George Washington [View all] Dpm12 Apr 2017 OP

Lincoln was better with an axe than Washington jberryhill Apr 2017 #1

Yeah, Abe killed a lot more vampires. He gets my vote! Ilsa Apr 2017 #4

But FDR came back from that werewolf attack jberryhill Apr 2017 #5

LOL! Dpm12 Apr 2017 #8

I'm not sure that's an entirely fair question. PatrickforO Apr 2017 #2

When Pubes equate Lincoln and Trump, I say: Lincoln only tried to declare bankruptcy twice! TheBlackAdder Apr 2017 #6

FDR world wide wally Apr 2017 #3

Not really fair to compare the 3. But you asked. GulfCoast66 Apr 2017 #7

FDR's great-grandson, Joseph Boettiger, is a rabbi Dpm12 Apr 2017 #9