tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post7943063279560469398..comments2024-03-11T13:16:19.098-04:00Comments on Ad Orientem: The Times (of London) Ranks America's PresidentsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-17716859446025966312010-03-16T01:53:23.956-04:002010-03-16T01:53:23.956-04:00I completely agree with you on Andrew Jackson. He ...I completely agree with you on Andrew Jackson. He definitely deserves a spot near the bottom. He definitely does not deserve to be on our currency.Hira Animfeftehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12419384315956434645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-31147134607920199462009-02-24T17:31:00.000-05:002009-02-24T17:31:00.000-05:00DB,Yikes! You are harder than I am. I am not sur...DB,<BR/>Yikes! You are harder than I am. I am not sure I can agree with your views on either Lincoln or FDR (I assume that's Roosevelt your referring to). I do like Coolidge a lot. My main reason for not rating him more highly is that he never had to deal with a serious crisis. It may not be fair, but one simply doesn't know how he would have handled things had he been in office during a war or major depression.<BR/><BR/>On the subject of Wilson, I am reconsidering that one. If I decide to revisit this post next year I may let Wilson out of the cellar. But there is no way he will break out out of the bottom ten. There are a few other presidents who on thoughtful reflection might move up or down a couple slots.<BR/><BR/>In ICXC<BR/>JohnJohn (Ad Orientem)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14329907942477160166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-10363763670660084572009-02-24T14:18:00.000-05:002009-02-24T14:18:00.000-05:00Calvin Coolidge was far and away the best Presiden...Calvin Coolidge was far and away the best President the US ever had -- the "hesychist prez." :-)<BR/><BR/>[Wilson, Roosevelt, and Lincoln are far and away the worst -- so much blood on their hands.]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-79724405325402574172009-02-20T22:18:00.000-05:002009-02-20T22:18:00.000-05:00Way to take Andrew Jackson to task! We should stic...Way to take Andrew Jackson to task! We should stick a better president on the $20 bill.Eric Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01020996689956104276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-55250105339491649632009-02-18T02:39:00.000-05:002009-02-18T02:39:00.000-05:00You don't mention anything about abolition under L...You don't mention anything about abolition under Lincoln. Surely that goes along with "saved the union" to put him in the number one slot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-53568108370280988492009-02-16T23:20:00.000-05:002009-02-16T23:20:00.000-05:00Hmmnn! I would have never anticipated spending Pre...Hmmnn! I would have never anticipated spending President's Day defending someone that I have given little thought to before now -- but really, Anonymous! What a reading of history! Are you aware that Pancho Villa crossed over into USA territory and sacked one of our cities? He was a terrorist, and Wilson sent Pershing into Mexico to get him. It's analogous to our going to Afghanistan after 9-11. The Veracruz incident, if I'm remembering correctly, involved the aftermath of the unjustifiable capture of USA sailors or marines. I'm shooting from the hip, here, so correct me if I am wrong.Archpriest David Thatcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06818727385406731612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-14698189292308457062009-02-16T20:58:00.000-05:002009-02-16T20:58:00.000-05:00I agree that Wilson should rate much lower than mo...I agree that Wilson should rate much lower than most historians place him. Not only the re-segregation of the federal government but also using armed force in Latin America were reminiscent of Jackson's treatment of Indians and blacks. Chasing Pancho Villa across the border may have been justifiable after Villa's raids into the U.S., but shelling Veracruz? <BR/><BR/>Wilson was a native of Virginia, and despite his political and academic career up North, it would seem his upbringing may have led him into grave and harmful errors in these areas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-11306985625008641462009-02-16T16:18:00.000-05:002009-02-16T16:18:00.000-05:00Wow, John...you undoubtedly know a lot more about ...Wow, John...you undoubtedly know a lot more about Woodrow Wilson than I do, but your assessments seems off to me. First, Wilson was extremely reluctant to get into WWI, and only did so after Germany threatened our shipping (for a 2nd time), and conspired to induce Mexico into the war with promises of recovering USA territory. Second, Wilson reduced tariffs, a conservative fiscal policy. Third, did not Wilson lobby against the punitive aspects of the Treat of Versailles? (The USA never signed off on it, anyway.) Fourth, wasn't his monetary policies an important control on banking, restoring confidence after some huge scares?<BR/><BR/>I never studied him or WWI in detail, so I could be off.Archpriest David Thatcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06818727385406731612noreply@blogger.com