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re: They just dont make em like they used to. (Teddy Roosevelt)
Posted on 8/29/19 at 12:23 am to GeauxTigerNation
Posted on 8/29/19 at 12:23 am to GeauxTigerNation
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If a president were to be shot today, he'd be whisked away in a helicopter in under a minute. Things were very different back then.
Yep
For example, they didn’t have helicopters.
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Posted on 8/29/19 at 12:27 am to GRTiger
quote:Ronald Reagan
Toughest president since Teddy.
Posted on 8/29/19 at 12:29 am to AbuTheMonkey
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At least he was willing to put his own skin on the line.
How many presidents in the last few decades served in wars after WW2 other than RR and HW? Just curious
This post was edited on 8/29/19 at 12:32 am
Posted on 8/29/19 at 12:34 am to GeauxTigerNation
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Fortunately I had my manuscript, so you see I was going to make a long speech, and there is a bullet—there is where the bullet went through—and it probably saved me from it going into my heart.
Lucky he was long winded
Posted on 8/29/19 at 12:42 am to GeauxTigerNation
When he was 55, he went on some crazy arse expedition to map a river in the Amazon, trekking and canoeing in mosquito, disease, and angry native infested territory for two months, almost dying. It’s a pretty epic journey if you ever sit down to read about it
Posted on 8/29/19 at 12:49 am to Sun God
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At least he was willing to put his own skin on the line.
How many presidents in the last few decades served in wars after WW2 other than RR and HW? Just curious
There have only been Clinton, Obama, and Trump who didn't serve in some capacity in the modern era (post-WWII), so, obviously, the sample size is small. Trump is effectively in a league with a draft dodger and a guy who was too young to serve in any major wars. That's pretty much his peer group in this arena, and it doesn't paint a good picture for him.
Truman served in the trenches. Kennedy's PT 109 story is famous. I don't think I have to illustrate what Eisenhower did. LBJ had a Silver Star. Nixon served in a combat theater. Ford was in naval combat. Carter was never in combat but came up through the infancy of the nuclear navy. Reagan was pretty meek compared to those guys to be honest but did his part.
This post was edited on 8/29/19 at 1:03 am
Posted on 8/29/19 at 12:59 am to GeauxTigerNation
My favorite President. 
Meanwhile, our current president throws a hissy fit if someone says something mean about him. :wuss:
Meanwhile, our current president throws a hissy fit if someone says something mean about him. :wuss:
Posted on 8/29/19 at 1:02 am to AbuTheMonkey
Teddy is the OB president and Bill Clinton is the OT president minus the political shite.
Teddy loved his buffalo and Bill loved his whores.
Teddy loved his buffalo and Bill loved his whores.
Posted on 8/29/19 at 1:03 am to AbuTheMonkey
So the last 4 presidents didn’t serve any meaningful time in any major wars? Incredible
Posted on 8/29/19 at 1:05 am to Sun God
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So the last 4 presidents didn’t serve any meaningful time in any major wars? Incredible
And 3 of the 4 didn't serve at all and are 3 of the worst Presidents we've had in the modern era. Incredible.
Posted on 8/29/19 at 1:06 am to AbuTheMonkey
quote:No love for Ike? He wasn't a literal brawler but he was badass in other ways.
JFK, however big of POS’s I think his family became, and GHWB would shite all over a five-time deferment dodger.
Posted on 8/29/19 at 1:07 am to northshorebamaman
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JFK, however big of POS’s I think his family became, and GHWB would shite all over a five-time deferment dodger.
No love for Ike? He wasn't a literal brawler but he was badass in other ways.
Ike and Truman were arguably bigger badasses than either Kennedy or HW, but that was starting to stretch the relevant time limit.
Posted on 8/29/19 at 1:08 am to AbuTheMonkey
Dubya fan eh?
Posted on 8/29/19 at 1:10 am to Sun God
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Dubya fan eh?
Not too much considering I fought in that stupid arse war he started without much provocation, but I recognize authenticity and competency versus bluster and thinly-veiled inadequacy.
Posted on 8/29/19 at 3:11 am to GeauxTigerNation
And now you know
The rest
Of the story
Goooooooood day!
The rest
Of the story
Goooooooood day!
Posted on 8/29/19 at 5:22 am to AbuTheMonkey
Trump is a giant compared to gwb
You are full of shite
You are full of shite
Posted on 8/29/19 at 5:27 am to GeauxTigerNation
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They just dont make em like they used to. (Teddy Roosevelt)
Well yeah, Teddy didn't have the modern day Secret Service to whisk him away in an instant.
Posted on 8/29/19 at 5:34 am to GeauxTigerNation
Teddy was amazing. Politicians today are mostly snowflakes following the winds of polling and not what is best for the country as a whole.
Posted on 8/29/19 at 6:11 am to GeauxTigerNation
That was one tough MF’r
Posted on 8/29/19 at 6:41 am to cattus
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Ronald Reagan
"Missed me"
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