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Ardent15 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 11:38 PM Original message |
The Presidents #15: James Buchanan |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. In over his head |
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jkirch (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 05:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Stephen Foster campaigned for him. |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
2. Well, his main argument as he left office was . . . |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 04:10 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I disagree |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 04:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. The southern Elites would have never given up slavery without a fight. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 06:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. It is interesting to speculate on how long slavery would have lasted |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 11:14 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. It might have been inevitable |
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jsmirman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 04:28 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Oh, now reading this you are a pure Southern propagandist |
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Dr Morbius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 11:36 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. There's another factor you've overlooked. |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-04-10 01:51 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. The Emancipation Proclamation? |
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jsmirman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 04:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. Oh, HELL no |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-04-10 04:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
28. Well, many agree with him |
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The_Commonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 07:19 AM Response to Original message |
4. Our first gay president. |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Oh that's just ridiculous speculation |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 04:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Purely speculation, though there's no doubt |
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tledford (633 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 04:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. And lived with his male lover. |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 06:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. His male lover who also happened to become Vice President of the United States. |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
5. Damn near the worst President ever |
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Ishoutandscream2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
6. Only president from Pennsylvania |
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argonaut (246 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
7. Pretty much the worst ever. nt |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
9. played his fiddle while the union burned. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
12. Worst. President. Ever. |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
16. W's only competition for worst prez. (But Bush wins) |
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loyalsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 01:02 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. John Tyler presents health competition |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:03 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. True Tyler and his wife were out and out traitors to the union cause. |
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loyalsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 03:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. He died before he could face trial |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-04-10 01:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
29. W's great-uncle Franklin Pierce gives him a run for his money |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
20. No one ever saw James Buchanan and his "sister" in the same room together. Oh wait my bad. |
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jsmirman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
23. Deserving of his lofty ranking |
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skipos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
27. He wasn't married so his niece became "first lady." The title stuck. nt |
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