American Hero Presidents

[Mtn.man]

Hey and he did marry a Wookie,, so that in it'self is uh well,,, heroic?

[TDYRanger]

Hey and he did marry a Wookie,, so that in it'self is uh well,,, heroic?

HAAHAHAHA.... Indeed sir. I hear mating one of then is pretty perilous. But our alliance with Kashyyyk had to be sealed with a mated union, in the highest Wookie traditions

[TDYRanger]

An interesting listing of US Presidents and their military service.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...litary_service

My thought is you could nearly pull any Presidents name from a hat and find a MAN with a back bone and military service.

Another random example Gerry Ford: At the height of the storm, which lasted 2 days, several planes tore loose from their cables, causing several fires on the hangar deck. During the storm future US President Gerald Ford, who served on board the ship, was almost swept overboard. Volunteering to lead a fire fighting team below decks, Ford and his team fought all night to extinguish the fires that threatened his ship

Bad-ass American

[TDYRanger]

OH and by the way.... when our country really hit the shitter last who was on the list of presidents then:
Taft
Wilson
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover

Not a lick of military service in the bunch and they either initiated the policies or presided over the Great Depression.

Look at the last 3 ass holes... (really could be last 5 but don't want to start that fight)

[Mtn.man]

Well JC served and we went in the shitter then so military service didn't help him.

[TDYRanger]

Well JC served and we went in the shitter then so military service didn't help him.

Okay so we could go 6 back.... and really does Navy Reserve count? At least JC appears to be and have been a really good and decent Christian man. Maybe not a great president but maybe a good man

[Hoosier]

a really good and decent Christian man

I like the subtle implication that you can't be good or decent without being Christian.

H.

[leatherneck448]

If you guys have ever read the book "flyboys" it discusses GHWB in a little bit of detail, and what he did in his flying days.

Great read if you haven't already. I would highly reccomend it.

[TDYRanger]

I like the subtle implication that you can't be good or decent without being Christian.

H.

Not true at all. A lot of my wife's family is bubbhist and they are some of the most decent, good people I know. Even a MOH winner in there (and no my wife doesn't cruse the forum)

[Zundfolge]

I like the subtle implication that you can't be good or decent without being Christian.

H.

You often accuse conservatives here of seeing things that aren't there ... I think you're doing that now.

One can be decent without being Christian just like one can be a pizza without being pepperoni, but the OP was asking for a specific kind of "decent man" (just like one ordering a pepperoni pizza is not a claim that all pizzas must be pepperoni).


I hope that made sense ('cause now I'm all hungry and lunch is a good hour and a half away).

Taft
Wilson
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover

Why are Harding and Coolidge on that list?

They both presided over policies that created the roaring 20s which set the standard for peacetime prosperity not matched until the 80s (and repudiated the progressive policies of both Wilson before them and Hoover after them).