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RevStPatrick

(2,208 posts)
122. No, no, no...
Thu Aug 30, 2012, 04:58 PM
Aug 2012

He was tough when he was younger, but obviously an idiot as an old man.
I'm just surprised he hadn't been mentioned.

Is it possible to win a Darwin award if you died 18 years before Origin of Species was published?
I suppose he could have won it retroactively...

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
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