OOC: In response to the non-AH "Top 5 Best Presidents" thread.
IC:
With President Colin Powell declaring he will not run for a third term in 2012 some are already heralding him one of the United State's greatest Presidents. So, what do you think? What is your list of top 5 POTUS'?
Heres my list:
1. Alexander Hamilton (F-NY) 1796-1804: Democrats like to still call Hamilton the "President of Big Government" and for good reason. Hamilton is known for tacting great foreign policy, struck a temporary alliance with Napoleon and purchased Haiti from France in 1797, and then Lousiana in 1799, and got France's help during the British invasion in the War of 1804. Hamilton made the U.S economy the strongest it's ever been, creating a surplus that was solvent for over 90 years, relieved us from all of our debt, and created a National Bank.
2. Russel B. Long (D-LA) 1968-1976
Did he have a cheating scandal? Yep
Did he serve in the expectation of "What his father could have been"? Yep
Was he still one of the greatest Presidents of all time, who crossed the isle and worked with the Whigs to pass Civil Rights legislation, defeat the Cuban rebels, and strike the Arms De-Escalation Treaty to de-escalate the Cold War and slow down the arms race probably avoiding WW3.
3. John C. Fremont (W-CA) 1856-1864: Pretty much stopped a small war rebel in South Carolina (who would have always been rebellious) from escalating into a national war, after the Supreme Court knocked down slavery as un-constitutional.He also was able to keep the dying Whig party alive.
4. Colin Powell (D-NY) 2004-2012: Powell is probably going to be known as the greatest foreign policy President of all time. Powell united the U.N and NATO to run as a humanitarian coalition, intervening in the genocide in Abbysinia, and the Kongo while taking down the maniac Makarov the ran the Ukranian Federation and setting up a Democracy. Powell was also able to create a large surplus, make Social Security solvent for the next 60 years, rolled together Medicare and Medicaid and created a National Health Care system, and reformed and simplified the tax code.
5. Henry Clay (DR-KY) 1834-1838, 1842-1846: "The Great Compromiser", Clay was one of the greatest Presidents at dealing with other groups. He effectively struck the Treaty of Rabbits Feet with the Choctaw, and the Treaty of the Great River with the Cherokee to help them either move to reservations in west Georgia and Oklahoma or be insiminated into the society. Also created the national public school system by making national Elementary schooling publicy funded and compulsary.
IC:
With President Colin Powell declaring he will not run for a third term in 2012 some are already heralding him one of the United State's greatest Presidents. So, what do you think? What is your list of top 5 POTUS'?
Heres my list:
1. Alexander Hamilton (F-NY) 1796-1804: Democrats like to still call Hamilton the "President of Big Government" and for good reason. Hamilton is known for tacting great foreign policy, struck a temporary alliance with Napoleon and purchased Haiti from France in 1797, and then Lousiana in 1799, and got France's help during the British invasion in the War of 1804. Hamilton made the U.S economy the strongest it's ever been, creating a surplus that was solvent for over 90 years, relieved us from all of our debt, and created a National Bank.
2. Russel B. Long (D-LA) 1968-1976
Did he have a cheating scandal? Yep
Did he serve in the expectation of "What his father could have been"? Yep
Was he still one of the greatest Presidents of all time, who crossed the isle and worked with the Whigs to pass Civil Rights legislation, defeat the Cuban rebels, and strike the Arms De-Escalation Treaty to de-escalate the Cold War and slow down the arms race probably avoiding WW3.
3. John C. Fremont (W-CA) 1856-1864: Pretty much stopped a small war rebel in South Carolina (who would have always been rebellious) from escalating into a national war, after the Supreme Court knocked down slavery as un-constitutional.He also was able to keep the dying Whig party alive.
4. Colin Powell (D-NY) 2004-2012: Powell is probably going to be known as the greatest foreign policy President of all time. Powell united the U.N and NATO to run as a humanitarian coalition, intervening in the genocide in Abbysinia, and the Kongo while taking down the maniac Makarov the ran the Ukranian Federation and setting up a Democracy. Powell was also able to create a large surplus, make Social Security solvent for the next 60 years, rolled together Medicare and Medicaid and created a National Health Care system, and reformed and simplified the tax code.
5. Henry Clay (DR-KY) 1834-1838, 1842-1846: "The Great Compromiser", Clay was one of the greatest Presidents at dealing with other groups. He effectively struck the Treaty of Rabbits Feet with the Choctaw, and the Treaty of the Great River with the Cherokee to help them either move to reservations in west Georgia and Oklahoma or be insiminated into the society. Also created the national public school system by making national Elementary schooling publicy funded and compulsary.
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