Who is your favorite republican president?

[IranianDemocrat]

Mine is probably Abraham Lincoln.

[SiobhanClancy]

1. Theodore Roosevelt

but Lincoln is a very close second.

[CSI Willows]

23. Ditto

[La_Serpiente]

2. I would have to go with

Lincoln. Although most of the Northern Whites at the time didn't want equal rights at the time for blacks, Blacks DID get a HUGE burden off of their soldiers, and Lincoln was a large part of that.

[tritsofme]

7. Ahh, what I would give for some good old fashioned Radical Republicans...

nt

[JohnKleeb]

3. Lincoln

[liberalcapitalist]

4. Theodore Roosevelt

n/m

[mndemocrat_29]

5. Lincoln

[dorktv]

6. TR actually is my all time Fave President.

[salinen]

9. ford

o.k. stop laughing. i know he pardoned nixon, bad. but it's what he did after his presidency. he with carter championed great causes.

[stevedeshazer]

12. Like East Timor?

Ford is "only" responsible for, oh, 200,000 deaths or so; Less than the 2,000,000 under his boss, I guess....

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB62/

The Indonesian invasion of East Timor in December 1975 set the stage for the long, bloody, and disastrous occupation of the territory that ended only after an international peacekeeping force was introduced in 1999.

President Bill Clinton cut off military aid to Indonesia in September 1999—reversing a longstanding policy of military cooperation—but questions persist about U.S. responsibility for the 1975 invasion; in particular, the degree to which Washington actually condoned or supported the bloody military offensive. Most recently, journalist Christopher Hitchens raised questions about the role of former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in giving a green light to the invasion that has left perhaps 200,000 dead in the years since. Two newly declassified documents from the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library, released to the National Security Archive, shed light on the Ford administration’s relationship with President Suharto of Indonesia during 1975. Of special importance is the record of Ford’s and Kissinger’s meeting with Suharto in early December 1975. The document shows that Suharto began the invasion knowing that he had the full approval of the White House. Both of these documents had been released in heavily excised form some years ago, but with Suharto now out of power, and following the collapse of Indonesian control over East Timor, the situation has changed enough that both documents have been released in their entirety.

Other documents found among State Department records at the National Archives elucidate the inner workings of U.S. policy toward the Indonesian crisis during 1975 and 1976. Besides confirming that Henry Kissinger and top advisers expected an eventual Indonesian takeover of East Timor, archival material shows that the Secretary of State fully understood that the invasion of East Timor involved the "illegal" use of U.S.-supplied military equipment because it was not used in self-defense as required by law.

[salinen]

16. stevie

thanks. i was hoping to raise eyebrows.

[mobuto]

39. Gerald Ford? This is a joke?

Gerald Ford as ex-President has done practically nothing except to play golf and to serve on the boards of major corporations.

And I think it is totally inappropriate for former Presidents to work for big corporations. Even when there was clearly no quid pro quo, it still serves to reduce the Office of the President.

[SiobhanClancy]

8. Does anyone have any doubt...

that both Lincoln and TR would be Democrats today?

[elperromagico]

13. More than likely

though Lincoln's views on African-Americans would seem decidedly racist today.

I imagine TR might be a John McCain-type Republican. After all, John McCain is a Theodore Roosevelt-type Republican.

[mitchum]

That would be pretty weird (considering that Lincoln was a racist)

[SiobhanClancy]

18. Yes,to an extent he was

Probably no more than average for HIS time and place,which is the only fair way to judge him. Presumably his attitudes would reflect it if he could somehow jump into the present time.

[Hippo_Tron]

25. Lincoln would beccome a democrat immediately..

TR would first read about Bush's mismanagement of the Iraq war then would switch parties.

[SahaleArm]

26. TR was the first 'progressive' president.

He would be a Democrat.

[tritsofme]

33. Would he really?

Correct me if I am wrong, but didnt TR played a vital part in "pacifying" the Philippines, in what until now was the most openly aggressive imperialistic move the country had taken overseas?

And Lincoln suspending habeas corpus, sounds like a typical Republican to me, yes, he'd fit in just fine.

[ACK]

10. Theodore Roosevelt

Followed closely by Lincoln.

[elperromagico]

11. Chester A. Arthur

jk

[NNN0LHI]

27. Interesting choice

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ca21.html

"No man ever entered the Presidency so profoundly and widely distrusted, and no one ever retired ... more generally respected."

[elperromagico]

31. See?

Even in my attempts at humor, there are grains of truth.

[mobuto]

36. Oh that's bullshit

Chester A. Arthur was lazy, corrupt and thoroughly unqualified to hold elective office. Prior to being elected Vice President, Arthur's only job of note had been being bagman for Senator Conkling, Boss of New York. He was a complete nobody, a sidekick, a flunky.

In fact his nomination was secured solely to placate the right-wing and corrupt factions in the Republican Party so they wouldn't bolt when the liberal Garfield was nominated.

Arthur did squat as President, except make money for his friends and chase skirts. He had no major political stances. He did sign into law the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, which helped to put an end to the Spoils System that he had used to rise to the top, but he didn't really fight for it or do much of anything until it was sitting on his desk. He also signed the Chinese Exclusion Act which ranks among the more notable examples of late nineteenth century legislative racism. But I wouldn't blame him for that, because I'm guessing he was drunk when he signed it.

[mitchum]

14. Richard Nixon

Honest. I find his pathologies fascinating. Just finished David Greenberg's "Nixon's Shadow: The History of an Image", but I read every Nixon study/biography/analysis

[elperromagico]

15. He is a fascinating figure.

One reads about him and almost feels pity. Almost. One primarily feels rage and hate, I think.

[mitchum]

17. I know what you mean about almost pity...

Kissinger was wrong about everything else but, "Could you imagine if anyone had ever really loved him?"
Nixon was a tragic monster.

[Sting]

19. Theodore Roosevelt and Lincoln tied...

Teddy set up the National Park Service that saved what little beauty we have left in nature. Lincoln also on top for his part in freeing the slaves after the Civil War.

[Demonaut]

20. Clinton

I know, but I think ill of all republicans now.

[JackRiddler]

43. beat me to it

[Journeyman]

21. Mr. Abraham Lincoln. . .

[doc03]

22. Ike

Eisenhouer created the Interstate Highway System also didn't TR creat the National Parks other than that I can't think of anything the
Republicans ever done.

[newyawker99]

44. Hi doc03!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[The Magistrate]

24. Mr. Lincoln, Sir

Perhaps the greatest President of any party in the history of the Union.

[MSchreader]

40. Agreed, Sir

BTW, did you happen to see the article I posted here about the Gettysburg Address -- "269 words"?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=710608

Martin

[Mattforclark]

28. Wesley K. Clark

He's my kind of 'Republican,' hmmm?

[mobuto]

37. Clark was never a Republican

Not never not no how.

He did vote for Republicans on a few occaisions.
Hell, I've voted for Republicans (in municipal elections only, but they're Republicans nonetheless).

But he was never registered with the Republican Party.

[BootinUp]

29. I thought

The Wigs were equivalent to the repukes of today....so I would disagree that Lincoln was a republican.

My favorite republican...hmmm....how about Gerald Ford he didn't do too much damage. :)

[elperromagico]

35. Lincoln was a Whig

He was elected to Congress as a Whig in 1846. He became a member of the Republican Party (an outgrowth of the Whig Party and the Know-Nothing Party) in 1856.

However, to call the modern GOP "The Party of Lincoln" is a bit ridiculous.

[quaker bill]

30. Lincoln perhaps

It has certainly gone well down hill from there

[UnAmericanJoe]

32. Technically speaking

Thomas Jefferson was a republican president.
He would certainly be at the top of my list.

[tritsofme]

34. Wasnt he a Democratic-Republican?

[mobuto]

38. Jefferson was a Democrat

He was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, and was called a "Republican" for short, but the Dem-Repub Party is what Andy Jackson took and turned into the Democratic Party. So Jefferson's political party is a linear antecedent of our own party. That's why, around the country, local Democratic Party organizations hold annual Jefferson-Jackson Day celebrations, in honor of the founders of our Party.

[Clark Can WIN]

41. Dammit, thats not fair

Abraham Lincoln is my ONLY favorite Republican President.

[booley]

42. I like Ike

Though I do admit Theo roosevelt is pretty much up there as well.

Boy, when exactly was the last time the repubs weren't associated with pure self serving evil?

if mcCain was running, I would probably vote for him. but I can't think of anymore then a handful of repubs that don't make me think that reincarnation is real..and all those facists from the last century are coming back as conservatives.

[Zynx]

45. Lincoln or Eisenhower.

[45th Med]

46. TR

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