Monday, February 16, 2009

The Jumping in Pools List of the Ten Greatest Presidents

Sorry, Barack Obama isn't on the list.

10. Grover Cleveland- He's number ten on our list because of uniqueness: he is the only President elected twice on nonconsecutive occasions and appeared on the $1,000 bill.
9. Andrew Jackson- Reduced the National Debt and was the Chuck Norris of his day.
8. Woodrow Wilson- Led the nation through WWI and signed the 19th amendment, which gave women the right to vote.
7. John Fitzgerald Kennedy- Kept our country together during our closest brush with nuclear war, the Cuban Missile Crisis. Also declared "Ich bin ein Berliner."
6. Ronald Reagan- Led the United States through the troubled eighties with his ability to communicate and helped to win the Cold War.
5. Thomas Jefferson- Purchased the Louisiana Territory from France and led America to victory in the First Barbary War.
4. Theodore Roosevelt- Started the modern conservation movement and was a massive trust-buster. Also, he was really, really cool.
3. George Washington- Our first President who held our young nation together and set standards that future Presidents would follow.
2. Franklin Delano Roosevelt- Led our country through the Great Depression and WWII. He was also elected to four terms.
1. Abraham Lincoln- Led our country through the Civil War and issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed all slaves in revolting states.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

While a lot of the southern states, like Alabama and Mississippi, are pretty bad, I wouldn't call them revolting.

Anonymous said...

I don't know...the humidity can get pretty bad...

Don M said...

My short list of the worst.

1. Woodrow Wilson. In addition to 100,000 battle deaths, 800,000 deaths from influenza caused by cheek by jowl barracks. Resegregated the federal govenment.
2. Buchanan, whose Sec of War shipped all federal cannon and small arms to southern states to give the South a running start in the rebellion. 680,000 deaths in the Civil War.
3. FDR, who could have shut Hitler down in 1935 with a single Marine regiment. His policies kept the unemployment rate high until 1938. 300,000 deaths in Civil War.

Don M said...

My short list of the worst.

1. Woodrow Wilson. In addition to 100,000 battle deaths, 800,000 deaths from influenza caused by cheek by jowl barracks. Resegregated the federal govenment.
2. Buchanan, whose Sec of War shipped all federal cannon and small arms to southern states to give the South a running start in the rebellion. 680,000 deaths in the Civil War.
3. FDR, who could have shut Hitler down in 1935 with a single Marine regiment. His policies kept the unemployment rate high until 1938. 300,000 deaths in World War II

Sorry about the error in previous post.