WHO ELSE??
Posted on 12/31/2004 3:04:23 PM PST by pissant
The top REAL MAN Presidents in our history:
5. Ulysses S. Grant: A serious General, a very smart man, and unafraid to take a swig of good whiskey.
4. Ronald Reagan: A lifeguard, football player, and unabashed commie stomper. Chopped wood in his seventies like a 20 year old.
3. Andrew Jackson: Indian fighter, fearless politician. Not named Old Hickory for nothing.
2. Theodore Roosevelt: Boxer, hunter, adventurist. Finished his speech with a bullet in his chest.
5. George Washington - True gentleman. Fearless in battle and explorer in his youth.
GWB gets honorable mention for having the fortitude to piss on the europeans and do the right thing in the war on terror. And for being a hot shot pilot in the Air National Guard.
Perfect for one of the founders of the demo rat party.
I vote for Abraham Lincoln.
Cheers.
true. But he was one tough Son of a B***h. And the dem party he started was not nearly as pathetic as what it has morphed into (a party of gays, feminists, and pacifists).
An alcoholic with questionable morals -- who happened to be a General -- doesn't cut it in my book.
Yup. . .should have thrown the bum out of the military. . .worthless drunk.
;-)
Not to mention he had an annoying habit of considering his soldiers to be expendable.
LMAO....So much for you being classed as listless......what is this now a dozen most best top 10-20-100 lists in the past 36 hours ?;O)
You writing a book ?
Merry New Year .......
US Grant was a very smart general, though not a particularily good politician. His alcoholism is a myth. Heavy drinker, yes.
WHO ELSE??
I think that since your stated topic is Real Man Presidents, you are looking for a certain attitude, not necessarily the greatest presidents. I think your list is pretty good, although I'm not a big fan of Jackson and Grant surely had his demons (a complicated and misunderstood man in many respects.) Zachary Taylor might also deserve some consideration. Anybody called "Old Rough And Ready" in a very tough era, and who also died a manly death related to something he drank at a Fourth of July commemoration, has to be on some kind of list.
Haven't you heard?
Liberal historians say Abe was a "pooftah"!
The real news out of Iraq is a trickle. The tsunami is 24/7. It's a good time to have some fun, and provoke some arguments (good natured, of course).
I agree that he found his men expendable but I believe that many have found out he was drinking apple juice a good percentage of the time though he was a heavy drinker at times in his life........more myth than fact
"So who is #1?"
Sorry for the bad labeling job. Its George Washington.
Thanks for mentioning Cleveland. Besides being a wonderful President (possibly our most libertarian), he showed some toughness with his secret operation to remove a part of his cancerous jaw. Which, by the way, can be viewed at the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia. Don't see it anywhere near meal time.
Well, there is a time and place for everything...;-)
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