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JFK- Greatest American President ever?

posted 14 years ago by rishi85
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I think so, and I have a few facts to back my opinion. Here are the five greatest President's in my opinion:

1.)Kennedy

2.)Clinton

3.)Lincoln

4.)FDR

5.)Obama

People underestimate JFK. He got elected under treacherous conditions and actually fought in a war and displayed bravery. Have you heard of the PT-109 ?
What makes it even braver is that he decided to go ahead and face death when he could have just as easily gotten sun-tanned with a bunch of hot women on the beaches of Florida for the rest of his life. He choose that path.

Also he was very liberal(His best friend was gay and he was cool with it and keep in mind we are talking 1940s here).

People talk about Obama being the first "different" president and yet JFK was just as much of an anomaly if not more- He was from a catholic church when catholics were denounced everywhere let alone elected governors.

JFK got the US troops out of the mess that was nam.

JFK got the world interested in space and the space race began. Not the actual landings or honors(due respect to the Russians) but the very idea of reaching for the skies with that famous speech. Apollo mission anyone ?

How would anyone handle the Cuba missile crisis ? Obama, Lincoln, Bush- We can only ponder, but he handled it wisely.

His private life was really fcked up due to the various ailments he had. Been given the last rites three times before he was twenty was just the tip of the iceberg. Instead of blabbering, I will simply post a link:
http://www.annals.org/content/151/5/350.full#xref-ref-9-1

Last but not the least......There are more schools,institutes and memorials named after John Fitzgerald Kennedy than ANY president in the history of the United States. Not Washington and not Lincoln but this Irish lad-The 35th President of the United States......Why ?

I honestly believe that JFK was the greatest president BY FAR who ever lived and looks like I am not alone.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/3214/jfk-ranked-greatest-us-president.aspx

http://www.hinduwisdom.info/quotes271_300.htm

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[–] d_henderson1810 11 years ago

The OP didn't list Ronald Reagan, the only President since WWII to leave office with a higher approval rating then he entered office.

If Presidents could do third terms, Reagan would have swept into power. Because he couldn't, the voters did the next best thing, voted in Bush to continue to keep the Republicans in office. Their vote for Bush snr was somewhat a result of them wanting Reagan's policies to continue, and Bush may have done that.

Also, the Reagan years were highly prosperous and the 80's are fondly remembered, partly because of the policies brought in by Reagan, and the economic prosperity at the time. America was at its peak under Reagan, and Amercians were proud to be Americans, unlike many of today's generation.

I don't know if leaving out Reagan was an honest mistake, or you just don't rate Republicans.