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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
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