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America's Greatest Presidents
The American Thinker ^
| February 20th, 2006
| Steven M. Warshawsky
Posted on 02/20/2006 11:01:16 AM PST by RightCanuck
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When I got to that third paragraph and read "George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and ronald Reagan", I just choked up. Wow, I agree, and I got to live at the same time and learn so much. I miss him. He is truly one of the greatest.
To: RightCanuck
I pulled out my flamethrower when I noticed the absence of Reagan in the first list, then put it away when I saw his name in the second list.
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posted on
02/20/2006 11:04:24 AM PST
by
Gordongekko909
(I know. Let's cut his WHOLE BODY off.)
To: RightCanuck
>>>>On this Presidents Day 2006, let us remember, and take inspiration from, our three greatest presidents: Washington, Lincoln, and Reagan. All hail the chief!MegaDitto`s !
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posted on
02/20/2006 11:06:35 AM PST
by
Reagan Man
(Secure our borders;punish employers who hire illegals;stop all welfare to illegals)
To: RightCanuck
Abe Lincoln invaded the South and suspended habeas corpus. For those sins he must be eternally damned.
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posted on
02/20/2006 11:09:20 AM PST
by
Mr Ramsbotham
(Bend over and think of England.)
To: RightCanuck
Hey, did someone forget to mention Clinton? He was, after all, the first black president.
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posted on
02/20/2006 11:09:53 AM PST
by
adorno
To: RightCanuck
For Best Presidents, I would have to nominate Chester A. Arthur (enacted the first general Federal immigration law. Arthur approved a measure in 1882 excluding paupers, criminals, and lunatics), William Henry Harrison (only a couple months in office couldnt mess things up) and Ronald Reagan (for his contribution to the collapse of communism and the end of the Cold War).
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posted on
02/20/2006 11:10:04 AM PST
by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
To: RightCanuck
George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Ronald ReaganOnly one of these leaders saw fit to wage war against the states of this Republic.
To: RightCanuck
I can tell you that Carter and Clinton are the worst presidents that this world has ever seen....carter couldn't do anything without Ms. Lillian's permission....clinton couldn't do anything with his pants zipped up.....
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posted on
02/20/2006 11:10:12 AM PST
by
HarleyLady27
(My ? to libs: "Do they ever shut up on your planet?" "Grow your own DOPE: Plant a LIB!")
To: Gordongekko909
It totally sucks that on President's Day, Washington, Reagan have to share the honor with the like of Jimmy Carter and LBJ.
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posted on
02/20/2006 11:10:48 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: RightCanuck
Let's see. When I was a child, Abraham Lincoln's birthday was February 12 and George Washington's was February 22. Two of our greats, one day (3-day weekend) to celebrate. Less filling, imo.
To: RightCanuck
As usual my favorite president gets dissed. I think the last really great president we had was Calvin Coolidge.
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posted on
02/20/2006 11:13:55 AM PST
by
jecIIny
(You faithful, let us pray for the Catechumens! Lord Have Mercy)
To: Mr Ramsbotham
"Abe Lincoln invaded the South and suspended habeas corpus. For those sins he must be eternally damned."
I seam to recall that Jefferson Davis might have had something to do with starting the war by firing on United States troops in a United States Fort. And while we are on that subject he also suspended the writ of habeus corpus.
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posted on
02/20/2006 11:16:20 AM PST
by
jecIIny
(You faithful, let us pray for the Catechumens! Lord Have Mercy)
To: Zuben Elgenubi
Let's see. When I was a child, Abraham Lincoln's birthday was February 12 and George Washington's was February 22. Two of our greats, one day (3-day weekend) to celebrate. Less filling, imo.
Only one day to celebrate, but February was surely the month for the birth of great presidents as Pres. Reagan was also born in February (the 6th).
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posted on
02/20/2006 11:19:15 AM PST
by
Anti-MSM
(Conservatives wish 9-11 never happened-liberals pretend it didn't!)
To: RightCanuck
Why is Kennedy on the list? Other than giving a few inspirational speeches, what did he do that was noteworthy, apart from his foreign-policy screwups and not getting us into WWIII?
To: jecIIny
Actually, the South declared it's independence, and requested the North to vacate their forts in the South. When they refused, they were fired on.
On a completely unrelated note, how the heck did JFK make the list? When reading the history books, I can't see much that he actually did. The philandering, makeup-wearing ponce owes more to the mystique of the Kennedys than to anything he ever did.
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posted on
02/20/2006 11:21:17 AM PST
by
stan the beaver
(We will kill the ones who eat us, and eat the ones we kill!!)
To: R. Scott
The modern US Navy also began to take shape during the Arthur administration.
To: Mr Ramsbotham
Abe Lincoln invaded the South
Ever hear of the battle for Ft. Sumter?
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posted on
02/20/2006 11:24:23 AM PST
by
HEY4QDEMS
(Learn from the past, don't live in it.)
To: jecIIny
I, too, like Calvin Coolidge--the last president to see himself as a chief magistrate as opposed to an elected king.
To: RightCanuck
John Kennedy does not fare well in review of history. Khruschev's son indicates that his father saw Kennedy as weak, indecisive and inept. In retrospect, the cold war started to get much hotter when Kennedy was in office and stayed that way until President Reagan's election.
We remember him for facing Khruschev down in the Cuban Missile Crisis. In fact, we gave up missiles in Turkey in trade for the missiles in Cuba. Kennedy totaly screwed the Cuban Brigade in the Bay of Pigs invasion by withdrawing air support that was promised. He did this after they were on the beach.
Kennedy's camelot would never survive if scrutinized at the same level that W experiences today (Although we know it would never happen). We saw him take nepotism to a level that would never be tolerated today, when he appointed his brother Bobbie as Attorney General.
We now know Kennedy had Addison's disease, a fatal disorder. We now know he was a drug addicted womanizer. These facts were completely concealed from the public by a incompetent or complicit press.
The main reason he got a "pass" on all this was Jackie. The public and press were starry eyed over her grace and charm then her martyred heroine status. His memory was untouchable as long as she was alive.
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posted on
02/20/2006 11:30:44 AM PST
by
pfflier
To: jecIIny
Calvin Coolidge. Absolutely. He was the one who said
that he was proud of his administration mainly because
he minded his own business.
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posted on
02/20/2006 11:31:51 AM PST
by
Gennaro
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