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Originally Posted by geeker2
Ror!!
" I would put our legislative and foreign policy accomplishments in our first two years against any president -- with the possible exceptions of Johnson, F.D.R., and Lincoln -- just in terms of what we've gotten done in modern history"
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/pj-glad...greatest-presi |
for one, he didn't mention washington, who had to invent the presidency from scratch from beginning to end. he also showed that a president could willingly relinquish power-something never before seen. i'd put him above obama in a nanosecond.
then there's polk-not ever mentioned as a great president, but he added more land to this country than any other president, including jefferson with the la purchase. polk is who was in office when we accepted texas as a state, signed the treaty that annexed california, new mexico, az. settled the border dispute with great britain regarding oregon and washington. in four years no less. i'd rank him above the egotist.
andrew jackson, definitely. no other president has an era named after him. or a party. he had both.
there's more, but that's a start right off the top of my head.
now, i'd put barack over jimmy carter and buchanan right now....that's about it. maybe harding?