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That's why he's on Mt. Rushmore. Washington, Jefferson, TR, and Lincoln symbolize, respectively, birth, growth, conservation/development, and preservation.
Personally, I'm not as a big a TR fan. Imperialist and authoritarian. Some of his rep is good PR. But he was certainly a significant president who did some good things.
Sad, but probably true.I've read a dozen books on the subject, and Canadians OFTEN know more about your history than you do. Especially the civil war, which we're taught without the propaganda and the necessary myth of American Exceptionalism.
Teddy was a deeply flawed man of his times who was also a magnificent force of nature who changed the country. Nothing but love for the bulletproof bear.
Top 3 president for sure.
Washington
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Top 3 president for sure.
Washington
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Up until 9/11, America had a cadre of very well prepared public servants in the field of foreign policy. it all went to shit after that and those people were marginalized and replaced by cretinous ideologues who, what they lacked in skill, they made up in ruthless stupidity. What was a game of subtle equilibrium, guided a bit by the experience hands of the europeans (brits mainly, but also germans, french, etc), with shared goals and with respect for the fallen enemy, turned into a neocon drooling party where your point is to teabag the defeated and toot your own horn.
America would do good for itself, and the world, to retreat for a while and do some inward looking, a bit of meditation of what it wants to be, and when that thought turns into a global positive, to slowly radiate that towards the world. that's how you can inspire the world again.
Cause now America went from being a quarterback to being the drunken linebacker.
That’s the thing, Jeffersons accomplishments outside of being president were probably superior to his accomplishments as president so it’s not necessarily as easy to rank him. That goes for a lot of the founding fathers who later became president.George is the straight up #1 American for reasons in addition to being the first POTUS (and only to hold office with no formal political party affiliation). In fact, I see his being Commander-in-Chief of the Revolutionary Army and Chairman of the Constitutional Convention as more important titles.
Lincoln and Roosevelt were both better presidents than Jefferson (pretty good) and Madison, but again, those guys were a whole lot more than mere presidents. Writing the Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights are like, really big fucking deals. The Biggest. And what also of Benjamin Franklin's place?
@Long Dark Blues
Yes. Good luck getting them to "show" it in "other ways" also.That there are other ways to show love for ones country than a piece of fabric?
Saw all of those movies also. Some really good ones. But fair enough. What does your entertainment/leisure time consist of nowadays?I have absolutely no idea about that. I can only recall watching like five movies that have been released in the last 10 years: Dead Reckoning, Top Gun: Maverick, Fallout, Rogue Nation, Bone Tomahawk. The number of television shows is 0. I'm not big on escapism or sedentary entertainment. No video games since I was like 14 either.
EDIT: A handful of DC based movies too I guess, though mostly at the behest of my son. I was down for seeing Keaton Batman again; too bad it was one of the most disastrous bombs ever.
The thing to remember is that partisans don't mean anything they say.Michele Obama said she was proud of her country for the first time in a long time and the right lost their minds. Trump makes a slogan which is basically the same thing, and the right make it a movement and maybe even a lifestyle. Talk about funny.