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2016 Postmortem

fun n serious

(4,451 posts) Sat May 7, 2016, 11:36 PM May 2016

Who in your mind was the best President in YOUR life time? Name one. One great president you were old enough to vote for.

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Jimmy Carter. nt SusanCalvin May 2016 #1

Agreed 100% bvf May 2016 #15

Jimmy Carter - the un-Clinton. nt edgineered May 2016 #2

Jimmy Carter. nt silvershadow May 2016 #3

Obama Jennylynn May 2016 #4

President Obama is the best President in my lifetime virtualobserver May 2016 #5

Although I disagree with some of his policies, Obama. morningfog May 2016 #6

There have been no great presidents in my lifetime. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2016 #7

Yep. nt SusanCalvin May 2016 #9

Agree. (n/t) SMC22307 May 2016 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author TM99 May 2016 #17

word XemaSab May 2016 #24

Barack Ned_Devine May 2016 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author artislife May 2016 #10

I'm happy to see all of the positive responses. fun n serious May 2016 #11

May I ask you to answer your own question? XemaSab May 2016 #25

Given what i have read SwampG8r May 2016 #37

Jimmy Carter marlakay May 2016 #14

Bingo. nt SusanCalvin May 2016 #38

President Carter chknltl May 2016 #16

Jimmy Carter Databuser May 2016 #18

Mine fun n serious May 2016 #19

Carter, Clinton and Obama were good... enough. lumberjack_jeff May 2016 #21

Obama. Warren DeMontague May 2016 #23

Since I was old enough to vote, Jimmy Carter. In LibDemAlways May 2016 #26

I wasn't old enough to vote for him, but Franklin D. Roosevelt. JDPriestly May 2016 #27

There wasn’t one. CobaltBlue May 2016 #28

I expected there would be someone who is too pure to be pleased, nt fun n serious May 2016 #29

fun n serious—I’m not in the 65+ voting-age group. CobaltBlue May 2016 #30

Neither am I. nt fun n serious May 2016 #31

My first election was in 1972 when I voted for McGovern Jack Rabbit May 2016 #33

Blatant ageism. Shame on you Betty Karlson May 2016 #34

Truman B Calm May 2016 #36