Which president did you LOVE?

[Atticus]

This is addressed to all of those who are so dissatisfied with President Obama that they say they will either stay home on election day or write in Alan Grayson or Dennis Kucinich or some other beloved liberal.

Which president in your lifetime did you feel just totally lived up to all of your expectations?

And, if you are able to name one, what comparable already-baked-into-the-cake economic disaster was handed to them on their first day in office?

And, finally, for those of you whose "principles" won't allow you to vote for the "flawed" Obama, will those principles justify the thousands who will die because of Republican domestic policies? How about the millions who could perish if Gingrich and Bolton start WWIII by bombing Iran?

In short, how does helping to defeat Obama help America? How does it not endanger the world?

I have been disappointed with much that has happened and much that has failed to happen in the past 3 years. I have often been totally pissed off at the President. But, as campared to McCain/Palin? As compared to Gingrich, Romney, Perry or Bachman? There is no comparison. End of story.

So far, there have been precious few alternatives outlined by those who are dissing President Obama. One exception was the recent poster who---paraphrasing---said letting the Republicans win would result in a disaster that THEY would be responsible for!!!

That will show them, all right. Never mind that goose-stepping and stiff-arm salutes will be back in vogue.

Who did you agree with about every issue? Who did you LOVE?

[pnwmom]

1. The good ones have all been disappointing.

The bad ones were enraging.

[Faygo Kid]

2. Never agreed with any one wholeheartedly. But being as I was just 12 when he died, JFK.

Even him I didn't love, but I remember the vigor, the push to outer space, the Cuban missile crisis, Jackie - hell, I was old enough to remember it all, and still do.

And I loved being a kid, but not a tyke, old enough to build forts, follow politics, understand every nuance of baseball and even notice girls. I loved being that age.

And I hated having my heart broken. But it only broke because he mattered.

He still does.

[Old Codger]

3. the ones that stay home

Need to decide which rethug they like to win.... that is the chance they take...

[Autumn]

4. None of them. I don't know any of them personally

so I see no reason to love them.

[Angry Dragon]

5. I have never made love to a president

[FarLeftFist]

6. Obama is the greatest of my lifetime (I'm 31). But LOVE Teddy and Franklin.

[Zanzoobar]

7. I don't agree with my wife on most things.

But that doesn't mean I'm going to marry her.

[Brickbat]

8. What's love got to do with it? No, seriously?

[Edweird]

9. Sorry man, I don't do the 'cult of personality' thing.

[Atticus]

17. And just where exactly do you think I did the "cult of personality"thing? nt

[ThomWV]

10. Johnson was potentially a great one, but Kennedy's war (department) killed him

Never forget that the Gulf of Tonkin was not a case of the President concocting a lie and feeding it to the American people, it was the Navy who concocted the lie and fed it to the President.

[elocs]

11. At 59 I have never "loved" any president & highly doubt I ever will. n/t

[gejohnston]

12. In my lifetime?

In order:

Which president in your lifetime did you feel just totally lived up to all of your expectations?

GWB, or is that living down to my expectations? JFK and LBJ were in my lifetime, but I was too young to have an opinion.

And, finally, for those of you whose "principles" won't allow you to vote for the "flawed" Obama, will those principles justify the thousands who will die because of Republican domestic policies? How about the millions who could perish if Gingrich and Bolton start WWIII by bombing Iran?

It is kind of like reaching for a machete instead of a band aid for your cut isn't it?

Who did you agree with about every issue?

no one.

[scarletwoman]

13. During the Watergate hearings, I had this weird dream about Nixon.

In the dream I was part of an underground group whose goal was to destroy Nixon.

My role - in the dream - was to seduce him (I was a very hot, sexy young radical in those days). So, in the dream, I had managed to get into bed with Nixon - I know, EWWWWWWW! - and then my confederates were going to burst into the room with cameras, catch us in flagrante
delicto, and send the photos to all the newspapers and TV networks.

Then I woke up, utterly horrified at the image burned into my psyche of being naked in bed with Richard Nixon.

However, one might say that Nixon is the only president I ever "loved" - but only in my dream. :P

sw

[Bluenorthwest]

14. To me loving a politician is creepy and opposed to our duty

as citizens.
And why do you put the word principles in quotation marks as if such things don't really exist? Is that taught at the OFA Hamburger University?
Edited to note that I posted prior to noting the OP simply posted and ran. Thus a diatribe and not a discussion.

[Atticus]

21. So sorry I "posted and ran". I have a life beyond my keyboard.

If there is a new rule about some duty to respond to replies within some set period, please advise.

Now that I'm "back", I actually agreed with your first sentence since it was the point of my OP.

To be sure, principles exist. Excuses also exist and, when one threatens to behave in a way that is counter-productive and irrational while claiming one's "principles" require it, that is an excuse and that is why "principles" is in quotes.

I had thought that mindless and gratuitous snark like "OFA Hamburger University" was beneath you. I was wrong.

[shraby]

15. None of them...love is reserved for family.

Admire is a whole nother ball game. I admire some people for what they've accompished, but love my family for who they are, accomplishments or not.

[dionysus]

16. love? none.

[Little Star]

18. I've admired some things about quite a few..

But I've never even admired everything about any, never mind love.

[rury]

19. I love President Barack Obama

it has zilch to do with "cult of personality."
I just find him loveable and I love him!!

[provis99]

20. love? None. But Nixon had a lot of good domestic programs.

Frankly, Nixon has been the most liberal president of my lifetime, sad to say (born in '69).