People who could have been good US presidents.

Jack Kemp
George Mitchell
Daniel Inouye
Colin Powell
Bernie Sanders
Al Gore
Tom Harkin
Russ Feingold
Barbara Boxer

Daniel Inouye would also have been up there for most badass President

From his medal of honor citation:
Second Lieutenant Daniel K. Inouye distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism in action on 21 April 1945, in the vicinity of San Terenzo, Italy. While attacking a defended ridge guarding an important road junction, Second Lieutenant Inouye skillfully directed his platoon through a hail of automatic weapon and small arms fire, in a swift enveloping movement that resulted in the capture of an artillery and mortar post and brought his men to within 40 yards of the hostile force. Emplaced in bunkers and rock formations, the enemy halted the advance with crossfire from three machine guns. With complete disregard for his personal safety, Second Lieutenant Inouye crawled up the treacherous slope to within five yards of the nearest machine gun and hurled two grenades, destroying the emplacement. Before the enemy could retaliate, he stood up and neutralized a second machine gun nest. Although wounded by a sniper’s bullet, he continued to engage other hostile positions at close range until an exploding grenade shattered his right arm. Despite the intense pain, he refused evacuation and continued to direct his platoon until enemy resistance was broken and his men were again deployed in defensive positions. In the attack, 25 enemy soldiers were killed and eight others captured. By his gallant, aggressive tactics and by his indomitable leadership, Second Lieutenant Inouye enabled his platoon to advance through formidable resistance, and was instrumental in the capture of the ridge. Second Lieutenant Inouye’s extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty are in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit on him, his unit, and the United States Army.
 
Certainly would have been interesting

Long was a very effective governor in Louisiana, and if he'd lived to participate in the 1936 elections he could have made bit more of a splash nationwide, although in all likelihood it would just torpedo FDR's run and give Landon an actual shot
 

Japhy

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Long was a very effective governor in Louisiana, and if he'd lived to participate in the 1936 elections he could have made bit more of a splash nationwide, although in all likelihood it would just torpedo FDR's run and give Landon an actual shot
I mean he basically turned Louisiana into a dictatorship based on the bayonets of his perpetually called up National Guard so, fuck that.
 
Republicans
Nelson Rockefeller
George Romney
John Chafee
Lincoln Chafee (Dem as well)
Colin Powell
Harold Stassen
Thomas Dewey

Democrats
Estes Kefauver
Adali Stevenson II
Al Gore
Hilary Clinton
Lincoln Chafee
Floyd B Olson
 
You seriously underestimate what they would be willing to say and do.

Oh I don't doubt that they'd be willing to say these things. I just question how well it would ultimately play out for them. I mean, if you need proof of patriotism, getting your arm blown off while fighting the Nazis is a pretty good one. To the majority of the general public, it'd be one hell of a nasty attack on the part of the GOP.
 
Oh I don't doubt that they'd be willing to say these things. I just question how well it would ultimately play out for them. I mean, if you need proof of patriotism, getting your arm blown off while fighting the Nazis is a pretty good one. To the majority of the general public, it'd be one hell of a nasty attack on the part of the GOP.

Max Cleland literally lost both legs in Vietnam and it didn’t stop the GOP from attacking him successfully.
 
It really is disgusting how the GOP has gotten in the past 20 years.

Eh, civility has basically never existed in American politics. Just look up some of the things that Federalist and Democratic-Republican newspapers would say about each other’s candidates in the early days of the Republic.
 

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It’s nutjob territory because it likely wouldn’t benefit you. Even being in an official platform that gained millions of votes speaks volumes. I always found that politicians and people that don’t support reparative policies always get shaky when you note that black unemployment has always remained twice as high as the national average. Their answer has consistently been rising waters float all boats, or however that expression goes, but that’s not connected to reality.

Either way this is about good presidents, not reparations.

Bernie Sanders would’ve been a good one too.
You seem to have forgotten that this IS NOT CHAT.

Please refrain from current political discussion outside of Chat.
 
Also-Rans:
-DeWitt Clinton
-Henry Clay
-Daniel Webster
-Samuel Tilden
-James Weaver
-William Bryan
-Charles Hughes
-James Cox
-Robert La Follette Sr.
-Al Smith
-Wendell Willkie
-Thomas Dewey
-Adlai Stevenson
-Hubert Humphrey
-George McGovern
-John B. Anderson
-Walter Mondale
-Ross Perot
-Al Gore
-John Kerry
-Rocky Anderson

Primaries:
-John Jay
-John McLean
-William Seward
-Benjamin Bristow
-Roscoe Conkling
-John Sherman
-Benjamin Butler
-William Hearst
-Leonard Wood
-Hiram Johnson
-William McAdoo
-Cordell Hull
-William Borah
-Everett Dirksen
-Harold Stassen
-Earl Warren
-Estes Kefauver
-W. Averell Harriman
-Stuart Symington
-Wayne Morse
-Nelson Rockefeller
-Margaret Chase Smith
-Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
-Robert Kennedy
-Edmund Muskie
-Henry Jackson
-Shirley Chisholm
-Mo Udall
-Jerry Brown
-Frank Church
-Terry Sanford
-Ted Kennedy
-John Glenn
-Gary Hart
-Jesse Jackson
-Paul Tsongas
-Joe Biden
-Tom Harkin
-Bill Bradley
-Dick Gephardt
-Howard Dean
-Bob Graham
-John Kasich
-Rand Paul
-Bernie Sanders

Other Names:
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John Marshall
-Elihu Root
-Thomas Marshall
-Irvine Lenroot
-Newton D. Baker
-W.E.B. Du Bois
-Burton K. Wheeler
-Floyd Olson
-William O. Douglas
-Martin Luther King Jr.
-Reuben Askew
-Geraldine Ferraro
-John Glenn
-Mario Cuomo
-Elizabeth Warren
-Sherrod Brown
-Tammy Duckworth
-Tulsi Gabbard
-Jeff Merkley
-Russ Feingold
 
Would have preferred if people had made an argument about one or two underappreciated individuals of merit in this thread, rather than just listing every single person who has ever ran for president.
 
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