Who Would You Save? Lincoln or Kennedy?

Who Would You Save?

  • John F. Kennedy

    Votes: 41 18.4%
  • Abraham Lincoln

    Votes: 182 81.6%

  • Total voters
    223

iddt3

Donor
Lincoln, why is this even a question? Kennedy wasn't a bad president, but he wasn't a great one, and he probably had more lasting impact with his death than with his life. I do think its arguable that w/o the Lincoln assassination civil rights might have turned out worse, but it might have turned out better too, and honestly Lincoln endured enough crap in the name of preserving the republic that he deserves a shot.
 
Definitely Lincoln for the reasons others have set out above. Kennedy's aura today seems to be directly because he was tragically killed so young and became frozen in time. Had he lived and served two full terms he would be judged on his record, which on the basis of his term would probably have been average.
 

Soundgarden

Banned
Definitely Lincoln for the reasons others have set out above. Kennedy's aura today seems to be directly because he was tragically killed so young and became frozen in time. Had he lived and served two full terms he would be judged on his record, which on the basis of his term would probably have been average.

In all fairness, Kennedy was beloved during his presidency, more than likely because of his good looks.
 
I'd say Lincoln, but I'd be a little worried by changing history so far back. What if if was a two-way trip and we found that upon returning to 2012 after saving Lincoln, the majority of the world's population has been destroyed in nuclear war?
 
Definitely Lincoln for the reasons others have set out above. Kennedy's aura today seems to be directly because he was tragically killed so young and became frozen in time. Had he lived and served two full terms he would be judged on his record, which on the basis of his term would probably have been average.

+1

If Lincoln had lived maybe, maybe we get a smoother post civil war period and maybe, just maybe avoid at least some of the racial mess in the country.
 
True, though I don't think it would have any affect on JFK being born, but then again, who knows?

Of course it would have an affect. Causing a very significant change in US history might make JFK's parents never meet, or even if they do get married, not have sex on the same night, and even if they did do it on the same night, the odds of the exact same sperm entering the egg are very very slim.
 
For me, I would definitely try to save JFK. It might butterfly away the great society, for which I blame many of America's present problems on. I would have waited on the grassy knoll, and had a 12 guage, ready to knock off Spock, or whoever fired the head shot. [sorry, I just couldn't resist that]
 
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