Which President?

Question

A President represents the character of his country to the world in how he governs at home as well as with foreign policy.
Which President do you feel best represented your idea of
America and why?

Answer 1

Teddy Roosevelt. He was more about freedom and individualism than most presidents.

Besides him, I'd choose Thomas Jefferson, perhaps, or Washington.

Answer 2

MY TOP TEN FAVORITE PRESIDENTS:
10. Theodore Roosevelt
9. Harry Truman
8. Dwight Eisenhower
7. Franklin D. Roosevelt
6. John F. Kennedy
5. Jimmy Carter
4. George Washington
3. Bill Clinton
2. Thomas Jefferson
1. Abraham Lincoln

MY TOP FIVE LEAST FAVORITE PRESIDENTS:
5. George H.W. Bush
4. Herbert Hoover
3. Lyndon Johnson
2. Ronald Reagan
1. George W. Bush

Answer 3

George Washington.. do I really need an explanation?

Bill Clinton

Jimmy Carter--relations with Cuba were never better than with him; he even got the Nobel peace prize for it. He also encouraged conservation but people that are TOO GREEDY gave him the boot

Best 5:
1) Washington
2) Clinton
3) Carter
4) FDR
5) Wilson

Worst 5
1) GEORGE W--do I need an explanation
2) LBJ--Vietnam
3) HW
4) Hoover
5) Buchanan--did NOTHING when states tried to secede; Lincoln inherited nasty civil war

Answer 4

No one president has represented my idea of the United States. By the time they get to that level they have had to compromise too much. Reagan did a good job of articulating and communicating American ideals in most areas, and probably came the closest.

Answer 5

Ronald Reagan. He and Margaret Thatcher won the Cold War. He was honest, humble, and optimistic. He rescued America from the longest sustained inflation in history. He paved the way for profound economic expansion.

Answer 6

Ronald Reagan. He was kool, calm and collected. Nancy had class and they had domestics but it never involved the national security. He even got shot and we all felt so at ease the way it was handled. (I was just a kid then...) She never stole the China and he was an extraordinary diplomat. They made US feel secure during some stuff that most would go nuts over.
That is why I pick them. You never get just one with the deal. Thank you.

Answer 7

Ronald Wilson Reagan. He didn't beat around the bush, and all the world knew it.

Answer 8

i'm gonna go with eisenhower.

i really don't like his whole "in god we trust" movement. but when compared to brown v. board of education, the interstate highway system, enlarging social security, etc.

i like ike.

Answer 9

um fdr maybe?
only i wouldn't do the lock up the asian thing -- that was really kind of lame.