Funny, I was going to say LBJ as well. Based on his Great Society ideas.
This too though :P
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Which former US president would you bring back to succeed the current one?
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Funny, I was going to say LBJ as well. Based on his Great Society ideas.
This too though :P
Lincoln is an interesting choice. What would he make of where we are now? Bonus, Lincoln on Twitter would be an absolute delight.
FDR is a great pick. As is Teddy Roosevelt. I'd also like to see a third Obama term. Eisenhower makes sense if you're looking for stability.
Of the people who never made it, Bobby Kennedy. That dude would have changed the world had he lived.
FDR is a great pick. As is Teddy Roosevelt. I'd also like to see a third Obama term. Eisenhower makes sense if you're looking for stability.
Of the people who never made it, Bobby Kennedy. That dude would have changed the world had he lived.
Every president was a war criminal so every president is on that list.
Eisenhower also makes sense if we want to start large public works projects to update our infrastructure for a greener future. He would get us out of the Middle East and enjoy a few years of peace and quiet. Also, would be willing to cut military spending.
Edit: Also, his ability to prevent us from getting in a nuclear war with Russia is underrated. Can you imagine a highly decorated general today not jonesing to go to war?
George Washington
So maybe this time people will actually listen to what he said about bipartisanship in his farewell address
So maybe this time people will actually listen to what he said about bipartisanship in his farewell address
They were more effective leaders though even if they were worse people.
lol you're gonna have a hard time finding a non racist president in american history
I mean it's not really funny for black people or non white right.
Like anyone before Obama is going to be too racist/sexist/otherwise problematic to really be "a good fit" today. Like even Bill Clinton is toxic at this point.
But, giving benefit of the doubt, I would definitely lean on TR. Anti-corporate and pro-environment, without much concern for decorum or optics. I think he'd see the massive wage inequity and constant shirking of green energy and immediately throw a fit. I'm not concerned at all about warmongering, since his terms were remarkably peaceful despite a lot of colonialist momentum after the Spanish-American War.
Downside is that strong isolationist/paternalist streak. I think he'd definitely pull back from international entanglements and feel obligated to "help out" in Latin America and such. Makes me wonder how he'd have felt about Korea and Vietnam and Iraq, actually.
But, giving benefit of the doubt, I would definitely lean on TR. Anti-corporate and pro-environment, without much concern for decorum or optics. I think he'd see the massive wage inequity and constant shirking of green energy and immediately throw a fit. I'm not concerned at all about warmongering, since his terms were remarkably peaceful despite a lot of colonialist momentum after the Spanish-American War.
Downside is that strong isolationist/paternalist streak. I think he'd definitely pull back from international entanglements and feel obligated to "help out" in Latin America and such. Makes me wonder how he'd have felt about Korea and Vietnam and Iraq, actually.
LBJ basically changed the way Senate committee assignments were made just to get the 1957 Civil Rights Act passed. Then used JFK's death to pass the subsequent Civil Rights Acts. Caro's biographies are a must.
Yeah, but he was also real racist.
(Source: New Yorker)
LBJ is one or the most complicated figures of 20th century America, for real. He did a lot of good and a lot of evil. I have absolutely no idea what to make of him - his inner life is a mystery.
ok then who would you choose? because unless it's Obama your only choice is from a bunch of racist white men
FDR or LBJ. Marginal tax rate for the highest incomes at 90% and return of the Great Society: Hell yea!
Obama's message and symbolism was important after the Bush years, but relative to FRD and LBJ, he didn't accomplish much. I'll never forgive his leniency towards the banks during the financial crisis - it was a once-in-a-generation chance to reverse all the damage Reagan did.
Teddy Roosevelt would be pretty fun.
Obama's message and symbolism was important after the Bush years, but relative to FRD and LBJ, he didn't accomplish much. I'll never forgive his leniency towards the banks during the financial crisis - it was a once-in-a-generation chance to reverse all the damage Reagan did.
Teddy Roosevelt would be pretty fun.
The more one learns about Vietnam, the more LBJ is an appalling choice.
Probably FDR. Not President has a spotless record and that certainly goes for him too but he was a man with a great vision.
Probably FDR. Not President has a spotless record and that certainly goes for him too but he was a man with a great vision.
Obama, because it would drive Trump and his dumbshit followers insane. But if I was going for general competence, FDR I suppose.
Nah, am black, give me FDR or LBJ. The fuck is LBJ gonna do, roll back the Civil Rights Act he passed? I need them to come back and actually get done the liberal socialist policies they began.
The same could be said for LBJ who didn't intern a whole class of Americans in camps.
he was like JFK, but good
JFK sucked
oh and for the record i'd go with FDR (for more new deal) or Ted Roosevelt (for trust busting and environmental protection). LBJ is good for great society and civil rights but vietnam was kinda awful, also he seems like a massive asshole
Obama. I liked the path we were on with him as president and I trust he'd be able to go much further if he had a democratic Congress for a full 8 years.
Obama all day every day. Bonus points for Diamond Joe memes returning. Obama was the cleanest, most responsible, and most articulate orator this country has had the pleasure of calling president. I miss him.
The story is Nixon deliberately sabotaged Vietnam peace talks to make LBJ look bad the year of the election. Vietnam could have ended years before it actually did
FDR. He had a solid grasp on how to navigate a difficult economic crisis in America and helped introduced policies that brought America back from a devastating depression and then somehow managed to get the country on track enough to keep the country afloat during the worst war on this planet until Truman took over. I feel like he'd be best suited to deal with our precarious position on the global stage and simultaneously be able to handle the economic/social crisis that's facing the US domestically. In conjunction with our current crop of rookie Congress people who are literally advocating for FDR like policies in Congress, he'd be able to build a coalition there for the future as well, in addition to filling our court systems and federal positions with people who align with his political ideologies.
EDIT: I'm working on an assumption that anyone who comes back would be brought up to speed on issues like racism, women's rights, LGBT+ rights, etc that they'd need to be caught up on to even be able to win a modern day election. The question isn't all that great if you're bringing back dudes who have fundamental flaws like that.
EDIT: I'm working on an assumption that anyone who comes back would be brought up to speed on issues like racism, women's rights, LGBT+ rights, etc that they'd need to be caught up on to even be able to win a modern day election. The question isn't all that great if you're bringing back dudes who have fundamental flaws like that.
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I guess either Obama or Bill Clinton.
On an unrelated note, you guys think if Regan were alive today or became a zombie, you'd think he'd be flabbergasted that his party is in cahoots with the Russians or would just shrug it off?
On an unrelated note, you guys think if Regan were alive today or became a zombie, you'd think he'd be flabbergasted that his party is in cahoots with the Russians or would just shrug it off?
Reagan would probably say: oh, that's what we're doing today? Alright.
FDR only if he recognized that minorities and women are his actual coalition. Dont need a repeat of him throwing us under the bus.
Actually, due to the historical context of U.S, I'd have a hard time wanting any of them back other than a "I dont give a fuck" President Obama.
They were all in a time where all they really pandered to was White people until LBJ.