Reply #26: Abe, a giant among midgets. The best president, period.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

Though he had his faults, they were overriden by his ability to get the right and principled things done in the face of immense adversity. Not only the best Republican president, the best president.

TR was a white supremicist and a nationalist who believed that blacks could not be a part of the "American Race". He also defended colonialism because of the "superiority" of the white race. He had a lot to say about "inferior" "weaker" races. One example (of many):

"I would not say that a good Indian is a dead Indian, but as it is true for 9 Indians out of 10, I would not waste my time with the tenth" Theodore Roosevelt

As for dear old Ike. His cold war tactics brought the CIA thugs to power to try and rid Latin America of "communists" by assasination and undermining of democratically elected governments. He was also the designer of the Bay of Pigs fiasco against Cuba.