The Presidential Succession All Stars (Trees And Things)

port1080: Re: The Presidential Succession All Stars

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:50:34 EST

Ah but this is what I like best about Lincoln -- as juxtaposed to the current administration, Lincoln got rid of people who weren't performing and had no trouble with exercising his role as commander in chief.

The thing is, Lincoln did hold on

wetkarma: Re: The Presidential Succession All Stars

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:57:06 EST

Also, Lincoln was arguably not a very good "war president" as he consistently interfered with military operations as well as appointed a series of disastrous generals before finally settling on Grant (indeed, one of his early favorites - George McC

port1080: Re: The Presidential Succession All Stars

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:38:44 EST
his 'New Deal' approach to government created much of the problems we have with domestic policy today.
The thing is, a lot of the issues with, for example, Social Security didn't come under FDR but rather under later Presidents and Congresses

wetkarma: Re: The Presidential Succession All Stars

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:19:40 EST
My criteria is based on people who were good at their jobs while they held it, and whom could have arguably filled the role as president if necessary.

President - America needs a war president at this particular moment in time, and

thefadd: Re: Fabulous Secretaries of State

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 01:56:44 EST
That's one thing that really jumped out at me when looking at the Presidential succession list. Other than president pro tem of the senate, everybody else on the list has a position that's rather "sexy" to begin with. It's interesting that it's an elected

port1080: Re: Fabulous Secretaries of State

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:10:34 EST
On the note of "interesting" - what's up with President Pro Tempore of the Senate being third in line? They should really re-think that. Almost all of them have been duds, historically. Some of them would have been absolute disasters (Strom Thurmond in

thefadd: Fabulous Secretaries of State

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 20:07:07 EST
Secretary of State is an interesting one because it's the first on the list that is not attained through election. While Marshall is an obvious choice, I think Jefferson, Madison and Monroe all deserve consideration, especially given that they were eventua

thefadd: OT

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:51:01 EST
RE: Lauren Upton:
Yeah, but nmiguy, she got the conclusion right:
so we will be able to build up our future for our children.
So, it doesn't really matter

port1080: Re: The Presidential Succession All Stars

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:26:35 EST
For my criteria, I went with people that were both effective at their positions and also made (or probably would have made) good presidents if they ever had the job thrust on them. 1- President Franklin Roosevelt - say what you will about him, he han