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In reply to the discussion: Which former president do you admire? [View all]WhoIsNumberNone
(7,875 posts)Gotcha. You didn't really believe I liked any of those clowns did you? The last four Republican presidents (I tend to discount Ford, since he was never elected- just finished out Nixon's term) all have varying degrees of treason on their resume (and in their family tree, in the case of the Bushes) and Coolidge brought us the prototype of Raygunomics, which in turn brought about the Great Depression.
My real answer is pretty much in line with others I've been seeing on this thread;
T Roosevelt- The last pro-labor Republican, would be chased out of today's Republican party with torches and pitchforks. Yet they still take credit for him, despite his being anathema to everything they stand for.
FDR- Do I have to explain this one?
Truman- Very underrated until recently- Pushed for de-segregation when is was wildly unpopular.
Carter- The right guy at the wrong time. Only now are people waking up to how far ahead of his time he was (as well as how disastrously bad the idiot who succeeded him was) He got the ball rolling on environmentalism, and was the first Democrat to have his presidency successfully sabotaged by vindictive Republicans. He's also done more good since leaving office than anybody else I can name.
Eisenhower- The last Republican who wasn't an utter scumbag. He also warned us (and we ignored it) about the military industrial complex.