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JHB

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45. GHWB gave the last wheezing gasp of Republican fiscal responsibility by signing...

Thu Aug 24, 2023, 11:06 PM

Aug 2023

...the (feeble) 1990 tax hike.

And conservatives, including those who count as "reasonable" by today's standards, crucified him for it.

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Has there ever been a Republican worthy of the American presidency in the last hundred years? [View all] milestogo Aug 2023 OP

eisenhower elleng Aug 2023 #1

OMG senseandsensibility Aug 2023 #3

You beat me to it. alwaysinasnit Aug 2023 #6

and I remember my family's disappointment, hoping for Stevenson! elleng Aug 2023 #11

... alwaysinasnit Aug 2023 #14

and followed by Army/McCarthy hearings! elleng Aug 2023 #15

Yup republianmushroom Aug 2023 #9

Yup he's the last. bullimiami Aug 2023 #23

Maybe Eisenhower??? alwaysinasnit Aug 2023 #2

Besides DDE? ProudMNDemocrat Aug 2023 #4

"thousand points of light" but that was like instead of government scipan Aug 2023 #30

GHWB gave the last wheezing gasp of Republican fiscal responsibility by signing... JHB Aug 2023 #45

Yes snowybirdie Aug 2023 #5

Eisenhower. Elessar Zappa Aug 2023 #7

Sure ... VMA131Marine Aug 2023 #8

Eisenhower...although he did have a mistress... Scottie Mom Aug 2023 #10

. . John1956PA Aug 2023 #12

This the current party would not OWN Ike RANDYWILDMAN Aug 2023 #27

I'll say Ike as well. Xavier Breath Aug 2023 #13

There were a handful of liberal Republicans in Congress and governorships Wednesdays Aug 2023 #16

Ike. Itchinjim Aug 2023 #17

fitting in the last 100: treestar Aug 2023 #18

Ford wasn't awful. Nothing to crow about but decent enough. bullimiami Aug 2023 #25

Hoover was good before he became president Retrograde Aug 2023 #19

Hoover got stuck with the depression, starting less than 7 months into office. hedda_foil Aug 2023 #22

Yes but he utterly failed in his response to the Great Depression. MyNameIsJonas Aug 2023 #34

Hoover didn't know how to tackle the Depression ITAL Aug 2023 #37

True. But FDR was sui generis. hedda_foil Aug 2023 #38

Ike was worthy but he wasn't perfect. moondust Aug 2023 #20

JFK wasn't perfect, either. Nobody is.... Hekate Aug 2023 #36

True. moondust Aug 2023 #43

Dwight D. Eisenhower Autumn Aug 2023 #21

Hoover's problem was that he believed that reasonable capitalism could save the country haele Aug 2023 #24

No. And each one is progressively worse... Mark.b2 Aug 2023 #26

Ike prodigitalson Aug 2023 #28

Ike. Conjuay Aug 2023 #29

Eisenhower, for the most part electric_blue68 Aug 2023 #31

Ike! sinkingfeeling Aug 2023 #32

Dwight D. Eisenhower. I was a small white child when he forcibly integrated Southern schools... Hekate Aug 2023 #33

Eisenhower ArnoldLayne Aug 2023 #35

Nixon was pretty progressive leftstreet Aug 2023 #39

Those of us who were sentient at the time he was president have damn good cause for wrath Hekate Aug 2023 #41

OSHA, EPA, Basic Income leftstreet Aug 2023 #44

Greek tragedy. So much potential -- so much of a grad school in crime for young men Hekate Aug 2023 #50

LOL ExWhoDoesntCare Aug 2023 #48

I'll give him the EPA, rapprochement with China, and the SALT treaty but... LudwigPastorius Aug 2023 #49

All of what you said, plus never forget the Southern Strategy, either. Hekate Aug 2023 #51

The southern strategy took longer. See Jimmy Carter leftstreet Aug 2023 #52

Pete McCloskey totally gets my vote Brother Buzz Aug 2023 #40

Ike, of course. Sort of. ExWhoDoesntCare Aug 2023 #42

Maybe Nancy Landon Kassebaum? JanMichael Aug 2023 #46

Ike. Notheastern liberal Republicans outmaneuvered conservatives... JHB Aug 2023 #47