To: babubabu
John Adams was not the greatest president, but he was the greatest man to be president.
5 posted on
02/12/2009 11:14:45 PM PST by
malkee
(Actually I'm an ex-smoker--two and a half years-- But I think about it every day.)
To: malkee
John Adams was not the greatest president, but he was the greatest man to be president.Adams is way up there on my list of great men who became president, as is Washington and Madison. Lincoln was one of the greatest, no doubt but I think Washington is just as great and underestimated.
10 posted on
02/12/2009 11:31:10 PM PST by
TheThinker
(Shame and guilt mongering is the Left's favorite tool of control.)
To: malkee
I think Adams was hampered by two things. One, he was a moderate compared to the two very radicalizing factions and thus really didn’t have allies in Congress. Two, he was pretty old and by his time to serve most men in the political class were the children of the revolutionaries. Not being a military officer and not being head of a faction kept him out of the limelight.
20 posted on
02/13/2009 12:02:34 AM PST by
neb52
(Currently Reading: Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky.)
To: malkee
John Adams was not the greatest president, but he was the greatest man to be president.Why do you rank John Adams ahead of George Washington as "greatest man"?
27 posted on
02/13/2009 1:01:25 AM PST by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: malkee
John Adams was not the greatest president, but he was the greatest man to be president. I would also add James Madison to the list of great men who didn't make particularly great presidents.
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