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Rank the top 10 "wish they were" Presidents. (Edited 02/25/08 09:05PM by Shrugging Atlas)

Go ahead and leave a thoughtful comment about why your #1 would have made a great President too. 

 

Included on the list are men and women from our past and present that either ran for President or seemed to be "Presidential" by the public (or by me).  Oh, and I didn't include any "other" slots or anybody who ran for President in 2008 because I didn't want this to get out of hand.  You are playing by my rules... Rank the top 10 "wish they were" Presidents. <span style="font-size:12px;">(Edited 02/25/08 09:05PM by Shrugging Atlas)</span> Photo

| Closed on 02/25/08 at 09:15PM
FanIQ Pts? No | Locker Room, Politics | Opinion List
Rank25 FansAvg (1st)
1.Benjamin Franklin6.2 (5)
2.Alexander Hamilton5.8 (4)
3.Martin Luther King Jr.4.2 (3)
4.John Kerry3.4 (3)
5.Jesse Jackson3.1 (1)
6.Thomas Dewey2.4
7.Bob Dole2.3 (1)
8.Eugene V. Debs1.9 (1)
9.Michael Dukakis1.9 (1)
10.Aaron Burr1.8 (2)
Also receiving votes:George Wallace1.7 (1)
David Duke1.6 (1)
Al Gore1.6
George McClellan1.5
Walter Mondale1.4
John Jay1.3
Strom Thurmond1.1
Winfield Scott1.1 (1)
Adlai Stevenson1.0
William Tecumseh Sherman0.9
Frederick Douglass0.8
H. Ross Perot0.8
Robert Kennedy0.8
Stephen Douglas0.8
George McGovern0.7 (1)
Hubert Humphrey0.6
Robert E. Lee0.6
William Jennings Bryan0.6
Colin Powell0.6
Barry Goldwater0.6
John C. Calhoun0.4
Daniel Webster0.3
Susan B. Anthony0.2
Tip O'Neil0.2
Patrick Buchanan0.2
Newt Gingrich0.2
Elizabeth Dole0.1
Jefferson Davis0.1

  
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#1 | 275 days ago

+2 thumbs up

I'm still debating 2-10 (on my own freaking poll), but my #1 is clear:

 

"There is an elegant memorial in Washington to (Thomas) Jefferson, but none to (Alexander) Hamilton.  However, if you seek Hamilton's monument, look around.  You are living in it.  We honor Jefferson, but we live in Hamilton's country, a mighty industrial nation with a strong central government."
     --George F. Will

1. Alexander Hamilton  2. Jesse Jackson  3. Michael Dukakis  4. Benjamin Franklin  5. Bob Dole  6. Robert Kennedy  7. David Duke  8. George McClellan  9. Al Gore  10. Adlai Stevenson  
#2 | 275 days ago

It got hard for me after 5.  I'd say 7-10 on my list were so-so choices.
1. Jesse Jackson  2. Alexander Hamilton  3. Benjamin Franklin  4. David Duke  5. George McClellan  6. Martin Luther King Jr.  7. George Wallace  8. John Jay  9. Winfield Scott  10. Robert Kennedy  
#3 | 275 days ago

Now that I've finished ranking...I would have to say that any #11 would have been a serious reach for me.
1. Alexander Hamilton  2. Jesse Jackson  3. Michael Dukakis  4. Benjamin Franklin  5. Bob Dole  6. Robert Kennedy  7. David Duke  8. George McClellan  9. Al Gore  10. Adlai Stevenson  
#4 | 275 days ago

Humphrey is so high because if he had won in '68 there would've been no Nixon...
1. Martin Luther King Jr.  2. Eugene V. Debs  3. Benjamin Franklin  4. Alexander Hamilton  5. John Kerry  6. David Duke  7. Jesse Jackson  8. John Jay  9. Al Gore  10. Walter Mondale  
#5 | 275 days ago

Humphrey is so high because if he had won in '68 there would've been no Nixon...
1. Martin Luther King Jr.  2. Eugene V. Debs  3. Benjamin Franklin  4. Alexander Hamilton  5. John Kerry  6. David Duke  7. Jesse Jackson  8. John Jay  9. Al Gore  10. Walter Mondale  
#6 | 275 days ago

After 4 I had a hard time picking.
1. Alexander Hamilton  2. Benjamin Franklin  3. Martin Luther King Jr.  4. Jesse Jackson  5. John Kerry  6. William Tecumseh Sherman  7. Walter Mondale  8. Adlai Stevenson  9. Michael Dukakis  10. John Jay  
#7 | 275 days ago

(Edited by Big_Country78)
Shrugging Atlas wrote:

I'm still debating 2-10 (on my own freaking poll), but my #1 is clear:

 

"There is an elegant memorial in Washington to (Thomas) Jefferson, but none to (Alexander) Hamilton.  However, if you seek Hamilton's monument, look around.  You are living in it.  We honor Jefferson, but we live in Hamilton's country, a mighty industrial nation with a strong central government."
     --George F. Will

+1 thumbs up

your a federalist!?! say it aint so!

 

nice poll BTW.

 

where is ron paul!?! lol

 

never figured you for a federalist though, i would have been a democratic-republican back then.

1. Michael Dukakis  2. Bob Dole  3. Aaron Burr  4. Strom Thurmond  5. John Jay  6. Benjamin Franklin  7. Stephen Douglas  8. Al Gore  9. George McClellan  10. George Wallace  
#8 | 275 days ago

(Edited by Shrugging Atlas)
Big_Country78 wrote:

your a federalist!?! say it aint so!

 

nice poll BTW.

 

where is ron paul!?! lol

 

never figured you for a federalist though, i would have been a democratic-republican back then.

+1 thumbs up

Thanks!  No I'm not a "federalist" in the modern sense of the term...but you have to remember, Alexander Hamilton was competing politically against Jefferson's French Revolution-style "Democracy" (i.e. mob rule).  The strong central government espoused by Hamilton is a far cry from the modern (post 1930s) definition of a "strong central government."

 

Actually, I think Hamilton had quite a bit of a libertarian streak:

 

“The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for, among old parchments, or musty records. They are written, as with a sun beam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power.” —Alexander Hamilton

1. Alexander Hamilton  2. Jesse Jackson  3. Michael Dukakis  4. Benjamin Franklin  5. Bob Dole  6. Robert Kennedy  7. David Duke  8. George McClellan  9. Al Gore  10. Adlai Stevenson  
#9 | 275 days ago

I hit my wall around #7.

 

"Dewey Defeats Truman"

 

1. Benjamin Franklin  2. Bob Dole  3. Adlai Stevenson  4. John Jay  5. Martin Luther King Jr.  6. Alexander Hamilton  7. Robert Kennedy  8. Al Gore  9. George Wallace  10. Thomas Dewey  
#10 | 273 days ago

After noticing how many people were having trouble getting to 10 choices, I added a number of names I should have included originally: Sherman, Calhoun, Fremont, Rice, Dole, Powell, Davis, Lee, Pelosi, O'Neil, and Gingrich. 

 

Unfortunately, I thought it would let everybody change their selections (it wouldn't let me).  I guess I should make more polls so I know this stuff!

 

I also removed Nader, who announced he is running in 2008 this morning.

1. Alexander Hamilton  2. Jesse Jackson  3. Michael Dukakis  4. Benjamin Franklin  5. Bob Dole  6. Robert Kennedy  7. David Duke  8. George McClellan  9. Al Gore  10. Adlai Stevenson  
#11 | 273 days ago

(Edited by RenegadeLG)
Oh. My. God.  If the people that voted for David Duke knew who he was beforehand, God help you all.  And the girl that voted for him as #1 is black!
1. George McGovern  2. Robert Kennedy  3. Al Gore  4. Michael Dukakis  5. Benjamin Franklin  6. H. Ross Perot  7. Martin Luther King Jr.  8. Walter Mondale  9. George Wallace  10. Bob Dole  
#12 | 273 days ago

RenegadeLG wrote:
Oh. My. God.  If the people that voted for David Duke knew who he was beforehand, God help you all.  And the girl that voted for him as #1 is black!
+2 thumbs up

No...I believe that this poll got all messed up when I changed the choices. 

 

Renegade...you know me,  Jesse Jackson was not my #2!!!  Some of the choices look comical now: BigCountry has Michael Dukakis as his #1 and Vindog has Bob Dole as his #3...hahaha!  There is a serious bug with this poll that I have reported to the site engineers.


Maybe I should shut this poll down and re-open it???

1. Alexander Hamilton  2. Jesse Jackson  3. Michael Dukakis  4. Benjamin Franklin  5. Bob Dole  6. Robert Kennedy  7. David Duke  8. George McClellan  9. Al Gore  10. Adlai Stevenson  
#13 | 273 days ago
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Shrugging Atlas wrote:

No...I believe that this poll got all messed up when I changed the choices. 

 

Renegade...you know me,  Jesse Jackson was not my #2!!!  Some of the choices look comical now: BigCountry has Michael Dukakis as his #1 and Vindog has Bob Dole as his #3...hahaha!  There is a serious bug with this poll that I have reported to the site engineers.


Maybe I should shut this poll down and re-open it???

LOL, I wondered what you had been drinking.
#14 | 273 days ago

Thanks...ummmm...Eddie Guerrero???  WTF is going on? 
1. Alexander Hamilton  2. Jesse Jackson  3. Michael Dukakis  4. Benjamin Franklin  5. Bob Dole  6. Robert Kennedy  7. David Duke  8. George McClellan  9. Al Gore  10. Adlai Stevenson  
#15 | 273 days ago

I tried to pick people who knew a little something about economics (mainly how to leave the Invisible Hand to its own devices if they were president) (hence, Debs as my no. 1), or someone who knew how to both lead and follow orders (W.T. Sherman, Powell, and R.E. Lee).
1. Eugene V. Debs  2. William Tecumseh Sherman  3. Alexander Hamilton  4. Thomas Dewey  5. Colin Powell  6. Robert E. Lee  7. Daniel Webster  8. Elizabeth Dole  9. Jefferson Davis  10. Patrick Buchanan  
#16 | 272 days ago
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Shrugging Atlas