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In reply to the discussion: In a Mass Knife Fight to the Death Between Every American President, Who Would Win and Why? [View all]Selatius
(20,441 posts)22. He was also very solid with the axe. He was a rail splitter in his early days. nt
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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
Evidence suggests he could dodge bullets. That said, I think Old Hickory could take him.
Bucky
Aug 2012
#27
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
Many of the political speeches in Lincoln's day ended in riots. Lincoln would pick up
dimbear
Aug 2012
#81
JFK was a skilled military man who had more modern training than the old timers
Motown_Johnny
Aug 2012
#24
updated my post to show that they had actual training in hand to hand combat
Motown_Johnny
Aug 2012
#49
Jackson and Ike were both 62 when they took office. Giving up almost 20 years in a knife fight
Motown_Johnny
Aug 2012
#123
It would look like Taft won but then Washington would emerge like Luke from the tauntaun's belly.
Poll_Blind
Aug 2012
#36
Teddy? Pshaw! This is a knife fight, dammit, not Marquess of Queensbury fisticuffs.
Bucky
Aug 2012
#40
Truman would nuke them all and blame them for bringing a knife to a bomb fight
TeamPooka
Aug 2012
#41
He was shot before a speech and THEN gave it anyway! Literally "only a flesh wound."
RedSpartan
Aug 2012
#98
Nixon would win easily - he's a heartless asshole who would find any way to win.
Initech
Aug 2012
#60
I'm surprised no one has yet mentioned Darth Cheney who would win by
coalition_unwilling
Aug 2012
#75
My bad. I thought it was actual presidents and not PINOs (like W). Upon
coalition_unwilling
Aug 2012
#83
"Give a sissy a gun and he will kill everything in sight." Gore Vidal à propos Teddy Roosevelt
Tom Ripley
Aug 2012
#86