-- Posted by jamesish at 9:50 am on Oct. 18, 2008 I know most of us are young including myself but which president would you say is your favorite based on what you read and heard in school and/or at home?  I know teachers can sometimes be a little biased if they disagree with certain policies the president signed off on. But who would it be and why? I'm going to have to go with FDR. (Franklin D Roosevelt)  His work during the Great Depression was outstanding.  The programs he initiated were top of the line.  I know we have problems with those programs today but he brought the country out of economic hardship.  His work with World War II was outstanding also. I know there has been numerous good presidents and you're going to have flaws with every president. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt -- Posted by sadnessness at 8:46 am on Oct. 19, 2008 i think that they all have their downsides so i wouldnt like to decide. Woodrow Wilson had good ideas for the Treaty of Versailles but was a racist, and there are similar presidents who have done great things but also held bad beliefs. Also, i am British so i cannot profess to have all the knowledge available on US presidents, since i am currently studying American history for the first time and am only covering 1890-1945 -- Posted by the real anti christ at 5:43 pm on Oct. 20, 2008 Jackson. The man was a hero. -- Posted by kidd rune at 2:36 pm on Oct. 31, 2008 FDR pushed the USA into an unnecessary war. I do believe that Reagan was the the greatest - at least in the top 3. -- Posted by Jadien at 6:40 pm on Oct. 31, 2008 I'd have to say the man on the penny. Definitely Abe. (: -- Posted by kidd rune at 8:44 pm on Nov. 1, 2008 Quote: from Jadien at 9:40 pm on Oct. 31, 2008 I'd have to say the man on the penny.   Definitely Abe. (: He tore the USA apart and is the reason that many people were slaughtered. WHY him? -- Posted by undercoverchic at 11:51 am on Nov. 2, 2008 Quote: from jamesish at 11:50 am on Oct. 18, 2008 I know most of us are young including myself but which president would you say is your favorite based on what you read and heard in school and/or at home? I know teachers can sometimes be a little biased if they disagree with certain policies the president signed off on. But who would it be and why? I'm going to have to go with FDR. (Franklin D Roosevelt) His work during the Great Depression was outstanding. The programs he initiated were top of the line. I know we have problems with those programs today but he brought the country out of economic hardship. His work with World War II was outstanding also. I know there has been numerous good presidents and you're going to have flaws with every president. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt Believe it or not I picked the same president. In my AP US History class last year, we had presidential brackets (it was March madness time), and we had to explain why one president was better than the other. The last round I had either FDR and Lincoln or FDR and Kennedy. I don't quite remember, but I picked FDR for a lot of the same reasons that you say that he is your favorite. He was able to pull a country together through both a depression and a world war. -- Posted by kidd rune at 12:07 pm on Nov. 2, 2008 He was able to pull a country together through both a depression and a world war. Why did he put us in a war to begin with? -- Posted by jamesish at 12:27 pm on Nov. 2, 2008 Quote: from kidd rune at 3:07 pm on Nov. 2, 2008 He was able to pull a country together through both a depression and a world war. Why did he put us in a war to begin with? Are you seriously arguing our reason of entry into WW II? -- Posted by kidd rune at 12:56 pm on Nov. 2, 2008 Are you seriously arguing our reason of entry into WW II? Yes, yes I am. The whole war was unnecessary in my opinion and any conflicts could have been solved without the largest war in human history. -- Posted by sadnessness at 11:11 am on Nov. 18, 2008 Quote: from kidd rune at 8:56 pm on Nov. 2, 2008 Are you seriously arguing our reason of entry into WW II? Yes, yes I am. The whole war was unnecessary in my opinion and any conflicts could have been solved without the largest war in human history. wrong. Then again, you think 80% of the holocaust was a lie so i wont bother with reason. -- Posted by soldierofjustice3 at 12:33 pm on Nov. 18, 2008 I gotta go with the original. George Washington ftw. -- Posted by kidd rune at 2:20 pm on Nov. 18, 2008 wrong. Then again, you think 80% of the holocaust was a lie so i wont bother with reason. Where did you get 80% from, and what does that have to do with anything? Tell me WHY it couldn't have been settled peacefully - and WHAT couldn't have been. -- Posted by Takinam at 2:53 am on Nov. 19, 2008 Lincoln, Roosevelt, or Washington. I don't like posting on these kind of topics because I think I am overstepping my geographical boundaries, but I've done US History and I like those two. -- Posted by HeartofJuyoMk2 at 2:02 pm on Nov. 20, 2008 Quote: from kidd rune at 5:20 pm on Nov. 18, 2008 wrong. Then again, you think 80% of the holocaust was a lie so i wont bother with reason. Where did you get 80% from, and what does that have to do with anything?   Tell me WHY it couldn't have been settled peacefully - and WHAT couldn't have been. It couldn't have been settled peacefully by the United States because by the time we entered it was beyond our capacity for diplomacy. Hitler was wholly unwilling to negotiate. Quote: from kidd rune at 11:44 pm on Nov. 1, 2008 Quote: from Jadien at 9:40 pm on Oct. 31, 2008 I'd have to say the man on the penny.    Definitely Abe. (: He tore the USA apart and is the reason that many people were slaughtered. WHY him? By no fault of his own. Abe did everything within his power to restore the union, but none of his actions led to the war. -- Posted by kidd rune at 3:42 pm on Nov. 20, 2008 It couldn't have been settled peacefully by the United States because by the time we entered it was beyond our capacity for diplomacy. Hitler was wholly unwilling to negotiate. Hitler didn't want the war in the first place. He didn't want to fight the British - who he respected, and the war wasn't his idea at all. Hitler offered to resign if that would assist the commencement of peace negotiations, but the efforts met with no response. Churchill had actually forbidden his diplomatic corps to entertain or forward any German peace proposals, even via neutral countries. You know Rudolf Hess? He went to Britain to stop WWII from happeneing. He flew a plane to Britain to take Hitler's peace proposals directly to the king, via the Duke. He was attacked by anti-aircraft fire and jumped out in a parachute - and broke his ankle. That one break may have been the deciding factor of WWII. He was found, jailed, and the war did not stop. By no fault of his own. Abe did everything within his power to restore the union, but none of his actions led to the war. What made him a good president?