Best US President

The T wrote:  It had almost the same impact as “Ich bin ein Berliner” (which, by the way, is wrong: the current expression would’ve been “Ich bin Berliner”).

Not true; you can say both. Only "Ich bin ein Berliner" has a funny side to it too, because "Berliner" is also the German name for a kind of doughnut with jelly filling.


Edited by BaldFriede - March 01 2007 at 16:12

inpraiseoffolly wrote: None of these.  George Washington.   If he had wanted, he could have been president for life.  However, he found that unethical, and decided to allow others to make America a true democracy.   What an American in the ideal sense of the word.   Micky better give him a few clappies.

He's my favorite president too, but the poll asked who's the best modern president, not who's the best president.

BroSpence wrote: They've all pretty much sucked.  Especially  in terms of foreign policy.

Clinton's strategy for foreign policy was pretty much what Carter's was only it worked a tiny bit better.  Meaning it still sucked.  Everyone since Carter has had about the same roll in policy.  Bush jr. is even taking an approach like Carter after realizing his early neo-isolationist and other strategies worked even worse.  Kennedy's problem was everything he set up failed. 

Nixon was awful too for obvious reasons.  During the '68 elections he told the leader of S. Vietnam (before a peace signing with the North, setup by Johnson) that he would get him a better deal.  S. Vietnam pulled out of the treaty signing and Nixon won the election and then blew up Cambodia.