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16. I agree about Clinton. He was my favorite.

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Thu Dec 19, 2024, 06:29 PM

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Which President would you bring back? [View all] Kilgore Dec 2024 OP

FDR or Lincoln Celerity Dec 2024 #1

Same here. wnylib Dec 2024 #48

Me too ... LSparkle Dec 2024 #78

Jimmy Carter - the most decent President in my lifetime. A time when character mattered. walkingman Dec 2024 #2

I agree, Carter. Akacia Dec 2024 #33

I think I'd go with Carter as well. ificandream Dec 2024 #74

Jack Kennedy rurallib Dec 2024 #3

Maybe FDR. Dave Bowman Dec 2024 #4

For these times? LBJ BannonsLiver Dec 2024 #5

A seething racist who stumbled into a war that cost the US 58k dead... great choice WarGamer Dec 2024 #8

Well that's part of his legacy for sure! BannonsLiver Dec 2024 #9

Racist? The president who championed civil rights legislation? wnylib Dec 2024 #49

He was personally a racist but indeed supported Civil Rights... WarGamer Dec 2024 #59

So was Harry Truman JustAnotherGen Dec 2024 #60

Or a man who imyourfriend Dec 2024 #66

Well Hello!! Again. GP6971 Dec 2024 #67

He passed civil rights reforms Dem4life1234 Dec 2024 #68

He was the government JustAnotherGen Dec 2024 #62

the 90's were the best time of MY life. WarGamer Dec 2024 #6

Me to Kilgore Dec 2024 #10

Oh yes... WarGamer Dec 2024 #13

No love for the man in my avatar? Polybius Dec 2024 #73

Yup... musical legend. WarGamer Dec 2024 #86

Agree 100%. I came of age in the late 90s and look back on the decade very fondly. Jedi Guy Dec 2024 #84

President Biden...he passed the most legislation Bluethroughu Dec 2024 #7

Or when bdamomma Dec 2024 #28

We have no choice, but to fight fascism with everything Bluethroughu Dec 2024 #44

+1 peacebuzzard Dec 2024 #79

We'll need more help than that, these people are monsters. Bluethroughu Dec 2024 #88

FDR. He had progressive ideas and his wife was by his side to implement them Deuxcents Dec 2024 #11

FDR was good at negotiating better lives for some, but the Bluethroughu Dec 2024 #47

FDR Emile Dec 2024 #12

Obama Rebl2 Dec 2024 #14

FDR - he was a fighter - and that's what we need NewHendoLib Dec 2024 #15

I agree about Clinton. He was my favorite. OLDMDDEM Dec 2024 #16

Obama. Decisive and calm. Noel Kums Dec 2024 #17

Biden. Sogo Dec 2024 #18

Clinton or Obama obamanut2012 Dec 2024 #19

Harry Truman mobeau69 Dec 2024 #20

None of them. If the best is behind us, why bother with the future? Solly Mack Dec 2024 #21

I don't think the point of the question was a "going back" one, but the traits that if the choice was President hlthe2b Dec 2024 #24

I meant the here and now. Solly Mack Dec 2024 #25

FDR. Hands down, no other choice. ms liberty Dec 2024 #22

Not even close: FDR, for sure hlthe2b Dec 2024 #23

Absolutely. Squaredeal Dec 2024 #64

No contest! Obama! AKwannabe Dec 2024 #26

Teddy Roosevelt because he would fight like hell for single payer healthcare and Ukraine as in yaesu Dec 2024 #27

Lincoln Cirsium Dec 2024 #29

Great read, thanks for posting. Bluethroughu Dec 2024 #54

Wow. Poetic prose from Tolstoy ty! electric_blue68 Dec 2024 #72

We don't need a returned POTUS misanthrope Dec 2024 #30

Obama if kacekwl Dec 2024 #31

Franklin D. Roosevelt or Dwight D. Eisenhower Joinfortmill Dec 2024 #32

Obama claudette Dec 2024 #34

JFK Shrek Dec 2024 #35

Jimmy Carter, Lyndon Johnson, FDR, Barack Obama. LoisB Dec 2024 #36

Obama. applegrove Dec 2024 #37

Zachary Taylor, of course. Old Rough-n-Ready! Oopsie Daisy Dec 2024 #38

Jimmy Carter. Different Drummer Dec 2024 #39

I enjoyed the nineties most. boston bean Dec 2024 #40

too many robber barons and too much Jim Crow Celerity Dec 2024 #42

FDR SheltieLover Dec 2024 #41

Bill Clinton first, Obama second. Jit423 Dec 2024 #43

Can I bring back two? jmowreader Dec 2024 #45

Hahaha! Bluethroughu Dec 2024 #55

Well played JustAnotherGen Dec 2024 #63

Obama and Clinton! Dem4life1234 Dec 2024 #46

Before my lifetime, Washington, Jefferson, FDR, Jackson, and Lincoln Polybius Dec 2024 #50

FDR and Obama iemanja Dec 2024 #51

Biden. Thanks for asking. dchill Dec 2024 #52

Obama, Carter, FDR, and LBJ only for civil rights and social issues surfered Dec 2024 #53

FDR. Buttoneer Dec 2024 #56

Jed Bartlett SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2024 #57

LBJ JustAnotherGen Dec 2024 #58

Johnson would for sure have Trump's pecker in his pocket. Xavier Breath Dec 2024 #70

He'd hammer him JustAnotherGen Dec 2024 #85

FDR. snot Dec 2024 #61

Jimmy Carter ..... and Abraham Lincoln Trellastic Dec 2024 #65

FDR because he understood the importance Luciferous Dec 2024 #69

Lyndon Johnson northoftheborder Dec 2024 #71

I think Obama learned his lessons well. BlueTsunami2018 Dec 2024 #75

FDR Brainstormy Dec 2024 #76

Obama RandySF Dec 2024 #77

Joe Biden canetoad Dec 2024 #80

Mine would be a combo of FDR's New Deal policies, LBJ's Great Society ones, Cinton's economy and Obama's cool. brush Dec 2024 #81

John Quincey Adams, Lincoln, Carter. Ping Tung Dec 2024 #82

LBJ Timewas Dec 2024 #83

FDR RANDYWILDMAN Dec 2024 #87