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floridablue

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Mon Feb-23-09 04:49 PM
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Were there any Republican Presidents

other than Ray-Gun and Lincoln ???

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Veritas_et_Aequitas

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Mon Feb-23-09 04:50 PM
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1. TR, although he's usually invoked reluctantly.

Oh, and Jefferson... somehow.

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damntexdem

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Mon Feb-23-09 04:52 PM
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2. Some count Ike. And I wouldn't count Reagan.

And the Republicans of Jefferson turned into the Democratic Party.

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SteppingRazor

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Mon Feb-23-09 04:53 PM
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3. Also, it's worth noting that both Lincoln AND TR left the Republican Party.

Lincoln ran on the National Union ticket in 1864 because he couldn't deal with the radical Republicans. And Teddy famously ran on the Bull Moose ticket for a third term.

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Jackpine Radical

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Mon Feb-23-09 04:59 PM
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6. I NEVER knew that!

"Lincoln ran on the National Union ticket in 1864"

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And boy, do I intend to get mileage out of it.

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SteppingRazor

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Mon Feb-23-09 05:01 PM
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7. It definitely makes some republican heads explode. Read all about it!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Union_Party_(United_States)

So, basically, the two biggest names in Republican history both left the Republican Party.

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ayeshahaqqiqa

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Mon Feb-23-09 04:53 PM
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4. They always forget Chet Arthur

because he didn't play by the rules and stay bought like he was in New York. Instead, he instituted the Civil Service.

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Winterblues

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Mon Feb-23-09 04:55 PM
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5. Clinton fit the bill pretty well.

"Some would say"

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haele

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Mon Feb-23-09 05:01 PM
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8. Eisenhower, T. Roosevelt.

There's two that are worth remembering. Nixon had a few redeeming qualities, but he pissed off too many people on all sides.
A few robber baron, political croney types that everyone forgets because of the extended recession hidden by outward western expansion until totally inexperianced Hoover and his big crash. Grant and Johnson, who had quite a few croney problems compounded by the fact that neither were Lincoln.

Plenty of Republican Presidents. Whether or not they were memorable is another question.

Haele

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Pyrzqxgl

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Mon Feb-23-09 05:15 PM
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12. Andrew Johnson was a Democrat who ran on the National Union ticket with Abe.

Other Republicans U.S. Grant, R.B.Hayes, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, James Garfield, Wm H. Taft, Calvin
Coolidge, Warren G Harding, Hubert Heever, Ike, Nixon, Gerald Ford, (not a whole lot to brag about and if that is
so, it doesn't say much for those who elected them does it?)

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TWiley

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Mon Feb-23-09 05:01 PM
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9. The best Republican President Ever was George W Bush

He is the walking example of their entire philosophy

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Chisox08

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Mon Feb-23-09 05:04 PM
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10. Lincoln Teddy Roosevelt and Eisenhower wouldn't

want to be associated with modern Republican Party.

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FKA MNChimpH8R

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Mon Feb-23-09 05:07 PM
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11. Theodore Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower

were pretty damned good Presidents who stuck up for the middle class. Which is why they don't get mentioned much by modern Repukes.

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YOY

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Mon Feb-23-09 05:27 PM
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13. They're "Commies" by today's republican standards

Unfortunatly nobody points that out. They act like Reagan was some shining standards of normality to the right.

They're so fucking far right that it's scary and they don't even recognize it.

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pepperbear

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Mon Feb-23-09 06:02 PM
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14. one would think teddy, but no; he was a progressivist trust buster who carried a big stick. n/t

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