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39. mr jimmy carter. heads above the rest.

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Wed Oct 23, 2013, 05:25 PM

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Which former president do you admire? [View all] quinnox Oct 2013 OP

Definitely not FDR. I learned yesterday on DU that he's nothing but a bigot cali Oct 2013 #1

heh quinnox Oct 2013 #3

they did bring up some good points that "in the moment"...future great presidents aren't seen as Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #4

uh, calling him a bigot and the rest of what that post said cali Oct 2013 #9

if you don't understand that was sarcasm....then I can't help you Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #10

bwahahahahahahahahahaha. cali Oct 2013 #13

you truly believe Cali_Democrat thinks FDR was a bigot? it was in response to the thread(s) Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #14

it was crystal fucking clear that that *person* meant every word cali Oct 2013 #21

ok Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #25

we had some here declare PBO the "greatest President ever" 2 weeks after his first inauguration DrDan Oct 2013 #7

Thank God! If someone else had gotten in first with a gratuitous back-handed slap at the President - 11 Bravo Oct 2013 #41

It was a backhanded slap- just not at the President, dear. cali Oct 2013 #50

Heh. +1 truebluegreen Oct 2013 #55

WHEW, I'm back to "dear". I was terrified that I might be relegated to one of your lesser ... 11 Bravo Oct 2013 #63

Um, he despised Native Americans. joshcryer Oct 2013 #76

Lincoln, Wilson, both Roosevelts, Truman, Clinton Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #2

Respect more than admire, I guess. ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #5

"Jimeh" Carter (nm) Rambis Oct 2013 #6

I love, admire and respect Jimmy Carter. broiles Oct 2013 #17

I LOVE Jimmy Carter etherealtruth Oct 2013 #67

FDR jwirr Oct 2013 #8

Franklin Roosevelt. nt Raine Oct 2013 #11

Jimmy Carter- ruffburr Oct 2013 #12

I like Carter as well davidpdx Oct 2013 #84

FDR, Carter, Johnson. 1-Old-Man Oct 2013 #15

Jmmy Carter for all the correct reasons...LBJ for some of what he accomplished... Tikki Oct 2013 #16

I have been a strong supporter of LBJ as one of the greatest rurallib Oct 2013 #71

Same here get the red out Oct 2013 #78

Teddy Roosevelt, Lincoln and Carter Katashi_itto Oct 2013 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author stillcool Oct 2013 #19

FDR. nt BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 #20

Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Lincoln, and the Roosevelt's. JaneyVee Oct 2013 #22

Well I would take FDR but I just read somewhere that he LITERALLY had blood dripping from his hands. leeroysphitz Oct 2013 #23

heh heh quinnox Oct 2013 #27

FDR. n/t Cali_Democrat Oct 2013 #24

lol. impossible. your cousin just got done saying you loathe the man Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #28

BWHAHAH Cali_Democrat Oct 2013 #30

lol quinnox Oct 2013 #29

you had doubts? Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #32

When someone self-deletes their posts, why? Rex Oct 2013 #52

I was essentially asked by a DUer I respect very much to self-delete in a PM Cali_Democrat Oct 2013 #64

Theodore Roosevelt. PragmaticLiberal Oct 2013 #26

Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, the Roosevelts, particularly FDR. PeteSelman Oct 2013 #31

John Adams. Opposed to slavery and refused to employ slaves. Nye Bevan Oct 2013 #33

I believe we had some great presidents .. yuiyoshida Oct 2013 #34

interesting. By the way, quinnox Oct 2013 #38

I know her... yuiyoshida Oct 2013 #43

ok, that's what I thought quinnox Oct 2013 #44

Sank yuuuuuu! yuiyoshida Oct 2013 #45

heh, don't we all! quinnox Oct 2013 #47

Jimmy Carter riverbendviewgal Oct 2013 #35

I like IKE for this 1953 quote: John1956PA Oct 2013 #36

Lot to like about IKE rurallib Oct 2013 #72

Jed Bartlett, but he was fictional, however, Cleita Oct 2013 #37

Looking back, Jed Bartlett was too much a DLC guy... truebluegreen Oct 2013 #56

That was the later Jed Bartlett, when they changed writers. Cleita Oct 2013 #58

You could be right--although I think the incident with that SC Justice was first season. truebluegreen Oct 2013 #59

I was thinking the same thing. Cleita Oct 2013 #62

Even though he is fictional it is hard not to love him as a character davidpdx Oct 2013 #82

mr jimmy carter. heads above the rest. spanone Oct 2013 #39

Garfield arely staircase Oct 2013 #40

Oddly enough Lyndon Johnson. Wish me luck but I'll try to explain........... wandy Oct 2013 #42

LBJ's approach to everything was "more, more, more" Bucky Oct 2013 #53

OK. You know that old thing about going to war with.............. wandy Oct 2013 #65

Of the living presidents, Lincoln only visited with Millard Fillmore before taking office. Bucky Oct 2013 #46

Jimmy Carter nt treestar Oct 2013 #48

Only Carter amongst those still "casting a shadow". Smarmie Doofus Oct 2013 #49

Jimmy Carter Brainstormy Oct 2013 #51

Teddy Roosevelt. denverbill Oct 2013 #54

I strangely like Nixon in a way. bravenak Oct 2013 #57

None of them that are still alive that's for goddamn sure tularetom Oct 2013 #60

Reagan, the Bushes, Nixon and Coolidge WhoIsNumberNone Oct 2013 #61

JFK: For having 21st century vision in the middle of the 20th century. Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #66

These guys... Dpm12 Oct 2013 #68

Jimmy Carter llmart Oct 2013 #69

JfK and Jimmy Carter. n/t RebelOne Oct 2013 #70

FDR..a "traitor to his class"..and not afraid to do the right thing... tokenlib Oct 2013 #73

Lincoln, TR and FDR. Enthusiast Oct 2013 #74

Huey Long joshcryer Oct 2013 #75

Washington Recursion Oct 2013 #77

FDR B Calm Oct 2013 #79

Jimmy Carter Rhiannon12866 Oct 2013 #80

Andrew Jackson startupz Oct 2013 #81

welcome to DU gopiscrap Oct 2013 #88

Clinton...good times Niceguy1 Oct 2013 #83

Clinton and Carter davidpdx Oct 2013 #85

Eisenhower for trying to warn us - TBF Oct 2013 #86

Washington, FDR, Carter. nt LWolf Oct 2013 #87