Posted on 07/04/2023 12:10:10 PM PDT by waterhill
I'm bound to the recliner, i had surgeey last week. Been watching all kinds of history.
I'm going with Teddy Roosevelt as #2. George Washington as #1.
What is your #1#2and #3? Just curious and bored.
Happy Independence Day, thanks.
God Bless
None of us would be at FR today had not Goldwater carefully enunciated the conservative cause.
#1 George Washington declined an offer of kingship.
#2 Ronald Reagan held back the Leftist scourge for 8 years.
#3 Donald Trump held battled an even more powerful Left, but it remains to be seen how he will rank in greatness - very possibly #1.
Lincoln is not on my list at all. He made very moving speeches that seduced a lot of people, but ultimately, he used brutal military force to quash dissent - thereby missing the whole point of “by the people”.
Smedley Butler, and we need men like him now more than ever.
Yes, and I guess your next choices behind Sherman were Stalin, Mao, Pom Pot.
The man tolerated theft, rape, and wanton destruction.
Audie is my son’s middle name. His nicknames mag
Excellent, spot on post !
John Caldwell Calhoun.
No they have to be deceased. And Trump ain’t dead.
I thank God that this list is far more difficult to write than one of our “least favorite” Americans, which would write itself.
For those who listed TR, what are your reasons?
Adding to your list, OldCorps :
Jefferson Davis
John Randolph of Roanoke
Patrick Henry
Jefferson
Franklin
George
MACV SOG survivors
Bedford
Magnus and The Donald
Texas Rangers 1840-1880
Joe DiMaggio
Duke
The Cohen Bros
Comanches Blackfoot tie
My father
Eisenhower, who led the US to victory in World War II, who had the balls as president to round up and physically, deport, illegal aliens. We need that courage today! I also say, Lincoln, he fought to keep the country together, he freed the slaves, ultimately gave his life for that effort. George Washington. He was a citizen soldier, was president, and did not buy all accounts enrich himself or act like King.
When was Frederick Douglass president?
1. President Reagan
2. General Chuck Yeager
3. Jonas Salk
My sincere apologies, I thought the question was favorite president, not just favorite American. On that point yes, Frederick Douglass is also on my top 10.
George Washington
The great shame was making Oaklahoma a State. Jackson was trying to move west, so they would not be killed in GA.
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