Favorite president of the past 40 years

[urbanguerrilla]

That is, including all the major western democracies, i.e. UK, France, Germany, Australia, Canada, and the Netherlands.

For me, it'd easily be General De Gaulle. I especially like the way he handled the Algeria conflict. John Kerry should take note. He wasn't even considered a leftist, but he's still slightly to the left of Paul Wellstone.

[NoodleBoy]

1. FDR

[aden_nak]

2. 2004 - 40 = x. Solve for x.

Otherwise, I would have agreed with you. ;)

[NoodleBoy]

6. oh...oops

yeah, didn't pay too much attention to that part.

[Spider Jerusalem]

7. Are you a HAPPY Noodle Boy?

"Help! These hands! I can't get them off of my wrists!"

[NoodleBoy]

8. I can smell your butt

[indigobusiness]

3. Gore

After all the cruel bullshit he has had to sort through, he's high on my list.

[kevin881]

4. william jefferson clinton

[Clinton Crusader]

5. JFK or WJC....hmmmm

JFK saved the world from anniliation, but he was only around for 3 years. WJC overall was a brilliant president.

:kick:

[Cary]

11. Clinton, absolutely

[dr.strangelove]

9. W - Just Kidding, of course its Clinton

[fob]

10. James Earl Carter,

but you can call him Jimmy.

[lastliberalintexas]

12. Carter or Johnson

Carter for reminding us that human beings deserve respect and dignity, that the less fortunate among us deserve our help, and that it's better to *be* good than to merely be seen as a winner.

Johnson for all he did to at least try to end poverty and its destructive effects in this country, the Civil/Voting Rights Acts, and Medicare and Medicaid.

Neither was/is perfect by any means. But they are my favorites of that time period.

[Not Me]

13. Clinton

[HamdenRice]

14. Lyndon Johnson -- no one is even close

because he changed the US more than any president since FDR. Before LBJ, the south was terrorist country. It was horrible -- couldn't vote, go to decent schools or complain about it. Kennedy talked a good game, but was scared shitless to do anything.

Johnson ended state sponsored terrorism in a big chunk of the country.

Sorry though about that war thing...

[Anarcho-Socialist]

15. I agree with you

n/t