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JustAnotherGen

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58. LBJ

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 11:35 PM

Dec 2024

Back from the dead, kicking ass, taking names, and telling hard truths to America.

Black folks "New Deal" was The Great Society. I'm 51 - so many opportunities in my life were what he did, my parents giving me best education and experiences of learning they could buy because I wasn't barred from entering, and women and minority Boomers opening doors to let me in.

Hat tip President Elect Gore. Bush didn't win, he was selected. How different the early 2000s might have been. I don't think 9/11 would have happened.

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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