amo_mea_filiis. Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Dd asked a question and due to my lack of history education and age, I can't give her a very educational answer. If you could bring back any (US) president, dead or alive, who would it be and why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 I don't think you CAN give a correct answer to this one...it'll be a discussion question where you support your position and the justification is what's interesting. Of course, Abraham Lincoln is the correct answer to fight off vampires ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amo_mea_filiis. Posted July 27, 2013 Author Share Posted July 27, 2013 I'm not looking for anything "correct," just replies from people who have a much better understanding of history, politics, and all the stuff I'm learning alongside dd and ds. :) Vampires are awesome! Why would we need to fight them off? Zombies, sure. But I'll take the vampires. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amo_mea_filiis. Posted July 27, 2013 Author Share Posted July 27, 2013 Oh, and I don't have one. I can name the presidents because of an alien app, and I could maybe come up with a few important things a president or two has done, but my knowledge here is pathetic. Pathetic enough that I can't even pretend to entertain a conversation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkyandtheBrains. Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Oh, and I don't have one. I can name the presidents because of an alien app, and I could maybe come up with a few important things a president or two has done, but my knowledge here is pathetic. Pathetic enough that I can't even pretend to entertain a conversation. Aliens vs Presidents? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amo_mea_filiis. Posted July 27, 2013 Author Share Posted July 27, 2013 Yup. Lol. ETA: I just recently increased my difficulty level. Ds is still putting face with name. I've moved on... To before and after. Woo hoo. Lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Bring back to be President again or just bring back to life because they are a cool person you'd want to meet? I don't think that any of our prior great Presidents, no matter how successful in their own eras, would necessarily make a good POTUS in 2013. The country is very different than it was. In many ways I think that our various more notable Presidents have been uniquely qualified for the issues they handled in their era and that those qualifications may not apply to eras other than their own. I wouldn't want FDR instead of Lincoln for the Civil War, you know? I also think that almost any deceased POTUS would be sick over the state of our legislative branch. I half expect to hear that one side has challenged the other side to a duel or something when I turn on the radio in the morning. The craziness does not discriminate between parties so it could be either side. Maybe Zombie Aaron Burr will be elected to Congress soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amo_mea_filiis. Posted July 27, 2013 Author Share Posted July 27, 2013 Since the question came up while the radio was on (a basher that I don't like, but forgot he was on), I assume she meant to come back as president. I thought about different times and things like that, which of course made it even more difficult to attempt to answer. It would have been easier to have a sex conversation with her! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Hmmm... That is difficult. As Lucy said the country is a different place now. I have a couple that I'd like to bring back and ask, "Why? Why in the name of all that is holy did you do that?" But nobody I can think of to run the place now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 To be president now? Bill Clinton. Not because he was the best ever (he wasn't), but because he is the best former president in the modern era savvy enough to do the job. Historically, I'd LOVE to talk to: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson - both brilliant, both could answer so many questions about the 'founders' Teddy Roosevelt - I'm not really a huge fan, but the stories he could tell! My goodness. Academic, war hero, cowboy, police commissioner, navel officer, Rough Rider, President, then in retirement he went to explore uncharted areas of South America. Lincoln - so wise and eloquent, I'd love to hear his take on modern America. Lyndon Johnson - so disastrous in Vietnam, so brilliant in domestic policy. I'd love to talk to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrganicAnn Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 I would like to meet George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt and Harry Truman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 I agree with the above- I might be more interested in meeting the BAD presidents to grill them. I would personally like to meet Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pearce and James Buchanan and demand to know what the heck they were doing throughout the 1850s. Also, Andrew Johnson for so completely blowing the start of Reconstruction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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