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salvorhardin

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111. I completely agree with everything you say...

Thu Aug 30, 2012, 12:28 PM

Aug 2012

...except you're completely wrong! TR would rule this competition! Come on, you're talking about a man who single-handedly fought vampires, Jack the Ripper, and Eleanor Roosevelt. At least that's what Mike Resnick told me.

On the other hand, Honest Abe did fight alongside Captain Kirk, so he's got advanced shirtless future alien lizard-monster fighting moves...

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In a Mass Knife Fight to the Death Between Every American President, Who Would Win and Why? [View all] salvorhardin Aug 2012 OP

Zachary Taylor was a tough bastard ProudToBeBlueInRhody Aug 2012 #1

Yeah, but Teddy would still come out on top salvorhardin Aug 2012 #3

I think I'll go with George Washington... phantom power Aug 2012 #2

GW was a British Lt in the French and Indian war. He was a badass. CK_John Aug 2012 #11

Evidence suggests he could dodge bullets. That said, I think Old Hickory could take him. Bucky Aug 2012 #27

That's my top two- xmas74 Aug 2012 #66

He scalped people, right? So knife violence was not unknown to him cthulu2016 Aug 2012 #31

That was my thoughts too Xyzse Aug 2012 #108

Lincoln was known as a very able wrestler hifiguy Aug 2012 #4

Plus the reach advantage. (nt) Posteritatis Aug 2012 #8

He was also very solid with the axe. He was a rail splitter in his early days. nt Selatius Aug 2012 #22

Knife fight, not wrestling. Sorry, but Lincoln was a damned Humanist and he'd hesitate before killin Bucky Aug 2012 #32

Dude! Lincoln killed tons of vampires!! d_r Aug 2012 #59

Many of the political speeches in Lincoln's day ended in riots. Lincoln would pick up dimbear Aug 2012 #81

Ronald Reagan cliffordu Aug 2012 #5

Hey, he's one badass, too! KansDem Aug 2012 #101

Andrew Jackson might give a good show XemaSab Aug 2012 #6

I'd have to say Jackson, for the same reasons - he was a son of a REP Aug 2012 #9

You two guys have it going on......... socialist_n_TN Aug 2012 #13

He'd run in the fight screaming, "Impeach THIS, motherfuckers!!!" REP Aug 2012 #20

Andy "By God" Jackson MissMarple Aug 2012 #76

He also had military experience in wartime. knitter4democracy Aug 2012 #68

my money would be on Jackson SteveG Aug 2012 #115

Easy. Andy Jackson......... socialist_n_TN Aug 2012 #7

I agree, Andy was a stone cold killer Dan Aug 2012 #21

That's my first choice. xmas74 Aug 2012 #67

Nixon Johonny Aug 2012 #10

What you said! Tennessee Gal Aug 2012 #16

Because he had the most practice DBoon Aug 2012 #77

Andrew Jackson in his prime would be a no-brainer. Seriously. cthulu2016 Aug 2012 #12

RE: Taft, the same as TR........ socialist_n_TN Aug 2012 #14

We're talking "in their prime" lumberjack_jeff Aug 2012 #121

Andrew Jackson without a doubt. He's too mean to lose. Nt rDigital Aug 2012 #15

Lincoln. His reach alone would make him a formidable knife opponent.. DFab420 Aug 2012 #17

The final 4 would be Glassunion Aug 2012 #18

Teddy Roosevelt, because he was a Rough Rider. AsahinaKimi Aug 2012 #19

Yes, I picked him too flamingdem Aug 2012 #93

I'd put money on one of the early Founders LadyHawkAZ Aug 2012 #23

JFK was a skilled military man who had more modern training than the old timers Motown_Johnny Aug 2012 #24

It probably has to be someone pre-1900 cthulu2016 Aug 2012 #39

Plus all those back injuries. JFK'll look good, but he goes down early. Bucky Aug 2012 #43

I was assuming the back problem was not an issue since the OP said Motown_Johnny Aug 2012 #55

updated my post to show that they had actual training in hand to hand combat Motown_Johnny Aug 2012 #49

See JustAnotherGen Aug 2012 #102

Jackson and Ike were both 62 when they took office. Giving up almost 20 years in a knife fight Motown_Johnny Aug 2012 #123

By and large, I'd go with Andrew Jackson or George Washington. eppur_se_muova Aug 2012 #25

Your thread title made me laugh out loud! RevStPatrick Aug 2012 #26

Me too! The thought of it! :) MatthewStLouis Aug 2012 #116

Rutherford B. Hayes sadbear Aug 2012 #28

Guess somebody finally got tired of the Kirk vs. Picard faceoffs. n/t gkhouston Aug 2012 #29

James Madison rurallib Aug 2012 #30

Good point salvorhardin Aug 2012 #42

Madison was our first Emo president. Bucky Aug 2012 #54

ROTFLMAO - Words fail me but my wife is telling me I have to coalition_unwilling Aug 2012 #71

Shoot, Teddy can't even win a foot race against Abe, George, and Tom! AnnieBW Aug 2012 #33

In terms of prime condition, one of the fittest would have been cthulu2016 Aug 2012 #34

Taft had the hide of a Rhino. MjolnirTime Aug 2012 #35

It would look like Taft won but then Washington would emerge like Luke from the tauntaun's belly. Poll_Blind Aug 2012 #36

!!!! Bucky Aug 2012 #48

I'm going to need a case of Ajax to get those images coalition_unwilling Aug 2012 #73

LBJ rbrnmw Aug 2012 #37

Vietnam was a lost cause once LBJ realized that Ho Chi Minh cthulu2016 Aug 2012 #44

Last men standing would be Lincoln, Jackson, and Teddy Spider Jerusalem Aug 2012 #38

Teddy? Pshaw! This is a knife fight, dammit, not Marquess of Queensbury fisticuffs. Bucky Aug 2012 #40

Teddy was in a war flamingdem Aug 2012 #94

Truman would nuke them all and blame them for bringing a knife to a bomb fight TeamPooka Aug 2012 #41

so true lol rbrnmw Aug 2012 #46

Without a doubt, Jackson. Brigid Aug 2012 #45

It says that they are the age when they were in office Motown_Johnny Aug 2012 #58

I think I misunderstood that sentence. Brigid Aug 2012 #62

JFK took office at 43 and Teddy R. at 42 Motown_Johnny Aug 2012 #64

Subthread: The Unofficial "FIRST TO FALL" List. Bucky Aug 2012 #47

Don't count out Gerald Ford or even Ike. Gman Aug 2012 #50

OK, during the course of their presidency pokerfan Aug 2012 #51

Most disappointing performances: US Grant and Ike. Bucky Aug 2012 #52

I'm going with Teddy Roosevelt. RedSpartan Aug 2012 #53

I picked him too, he went to war flamingdem Aug 2012 #92

He was shot before a speech and THEN gave it anyway! Literally "only a flesh wound." RedSpartan Aug 2012 #98

what a great story, Bull Moose indeed! nt flamingdem Aug 2012 #112

Funny piece and I'd have to go with Teddy Roosevelt. pa28 Aug 2012 #56

Never bring a knife ThoughtCriminal Aug 2012 #57

Nixon would win easily - he's a heartless asshole who would find any way to win. Initech Aug 2012 #60

I doubt nixon would even be close hobbit709 Aug 2012 #61

He would be tops on the hit list for so many of them. Motown_Johnny Aug 2012 #63

I got to give this one to Old Hickory, by a long shot. Frank Cannon Aug 2012 #65

Jackson is the biggest badass of them all. xmas74 Aug 2012 #70

teddy would have shown up with a gun SmileyRose Aug 2012 #69

Either Teddy Roosevelt or Andrew Jackson Hayabusa Aug 2012 #72

Washington, Washington MFrohike Aug 2012 #74

Six foot twenty, f***ing killing for fun... NT Llewlladdwr Aug 2012 #79

Chop like Cherry Tree is his motto! nt flamingdem Aug 2012 #91

I'm surprised no one has yet mentioned Darth Cheney who would win by coalition_unwilling Aug 2012 #75

If this were vice presidents I'd agree with you easily. Initech Aug 2012 #78

My bad. I thought it was actual presidents and not PINOs (like W). Upon coalition_unwilling Aug 2012 #83

While Washington is my favorite president.... Llewlladdwr Aug 2012 #80

Bah! Utterly ridiculous, stupid conjecture!! longship Aug 2012 #82

Not very challenging cthulu2016 Aug 2012 #84

Indeed. I agree. But which president is most like Myron Floren? longship Aug 2012 #85

I agree about Clinton longship Aug 2012 #88

"Give a sissy a gun and he will kill everything in sight." Gore Vidal à propos Teddy Roosevelt Tom Ripley Aug 2012 #86

Andrew Jackson. HooptieWagon Aug 2012 #87

My money is on Harry Truman. Jackson and the other 19th century presidents were too chivalrous for Rowdyboy Aug 2012 #89

Teddy Roosevelt because he actually went to war in a gonzo manner flamingdem Aug 2012 #90

Andrew Jackson captured New Orleans a month after the war had ended. cthulu2016 Aug 2012 #95

I'll give you that! flamingdem Aug 2012 #96

Harry Truman saw combat in World War I Ken Burch Aug 2012 #97

Every American President SINCE WORLD WAR II XemaSab Aug 2012 #99

Jefferson - The pen is mightier than the sword. cbdo2007 Aug 2012 #100

No way salvorhardin Aug 2012 #103

Taft! porphyrian Aug 2012 #104

Taft bongbong Aug 2012 #105

I'll go for George Washington. Xyzse Aug 2012 #106

Abraham Lincoln LibertyLover Aug 2012 #107

I'd like to talk about Teddy Roosevelt for a moment... RevStPatrick Aug 2012 #109

I completely agree with everything you say... salvorhardin Aug 2012 #111

This might be my favorite thread of the year. RevStPatrick Aug 2012 #114

Seriously!? Seriously!? salvorhardin Aug 2012 #118

No, no, no... RevStPatrick Aug 2012 #122

George Washington Marrah_G Aug 2012 #110

Andrew Jackson Bake Aug 2012 #113

Probably Teddy Roosevelt bamacrat Aug 2012 #117

Andrew Jackson would eventually defeat Zach Taylor. lumberjack_jeff Aug 2012 #119

Andrew Jackson was a badass. Blue_In_AK Aug 2012 #120

TR JCMach1 Aug 2012 #124

Jimmy Carter Enrique Aug 2012 #125

Obama drmentaldocumental Aug 2012 #126

Zorg. The president in 2082. Arctic Dave Aug 2012 #127

George Washington flakey_foont Aug 2012 #128

utterly ridiculous chknltl Aug 2012 #129

Andy Jackson or Abe Lincoln theHandpuppet Aug 2012 #130

I know it's been a while, but I thought I would throw this in the mix... RevStPatrick Sep 2012 #131

Hah! salvorhardin Sep 2012 #132

I thought you might enjoy that... RevStPatrick Sep 2012 #133