# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2848
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56947 "2018-01-31T01:41:28Z")
A president from the 1800s and 1900s whom you dislike, and why 1. Woodrow Wilson–his intelligence is outweighed by his being a segregationist 2. Andrew Johnson–his idea of Reconstruction was solidly based on keeping America white ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56948 "2018-01-31T05:45:13Z")
A President from the 1800s and 1900s whom you dislike, and why 1. Woodrow Wilson–his intelligence is outweighed by his being a segregationist 2. Andrew Johnson–his idea of Reconstruction was solidly based on keeping America white 3. Andrew Jackson–economic disaster, defiance of Supreme Court, laid foundation for Trail of Tears ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56949 "2018-01-31T06:59:21Z")
A President from the 1800s and 1900s whom you dislike, and why 1. Woodrow Wilson–his intelligence is outweighed by his being a segregationist 2. Andrew Johnson–his idea of Reconstruction was solidly based on keeping America white 3. Andrew Jackson–economic disaster, defiance of Supreme Court, laid foundation for Trail of Tears 4. Lyndon Baines Johnson–for physically assaulting the Canadian Prime Minister (Lester B. Pearson) in 1965. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56950 "2018-01-31T13:32:34Z")
A President from the 1800s and 1900s whom you dislike, and why 1. Woodrow Wilson–his intelligence is outweighed by his being a segregationist 2. Andrew Johnson–his idea of Reconstruction was solidly based on keeping America white 3. Andrew Jackson–economic disaster, defiance of Supreme Court, laid foundation for Trail of Tears 4. Lyndon Baines Johnson–for physically assaulting the Canadian Prime Minister (Lester B. Pearson) in 1965. 5. Richard Nixon - Watergate, paranoia, corruption, lessons not learned ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56951 "2018-01-31T14:18:45Z")
A President from the 1800s and 1900s whom you dislike, and why 1. Woodrow Wilson–his intelligence is outweighed by his being a segregationist 2. Andrew Johnson–his idea of Reconstruction was solidly based on keeping America white 3. Andrew Jackson–economic disaster, defiance of Supreme Court, laid foundation for Trail of Tears 4. Lyndon Baines Johnson–for physically assaulting the Canadian Prime Minister (Lester B. Pearson) in 1965 5. Richard Nixon - Watergate, paranoia, corruption, lessons not learned 6. Benjamin Harrison - mediocrity incarnate For those who hadn’t heard the LBJ/LBP story: [Home | Vancouver Sun](http://www.vancouversun.com/news/This+history+April+1965/6401824/story.html) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56952 "2018-01-31T14:31:18Z")
A President from the 1800s and 1900s whom you dislike, and why 1. Woodrow Wilson–his intelligence is outweighed by his being a segregationist 2. Andrew Johnson–his idea of Reconstruction was solidly based on keeping America white 3. Andrew Jackson–economic disaster, defiance of Supreme Court, laid foundation for Trail of Tears 4. Lyndon Baines Johnson–for physically assaulting the Canadian Prime Minister (Lester B. Pearson) in 1965 5. Richard Nixon - Watergate, paranoia, corruption, lessons not learned 6. Benjamin Harrison - mediocrity incarnate 7. Jimmy Carter - mediocrity struck again. And his tooth big grin drove me nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56953 "2018-01-31T14:55:14Z")
A President from the 1800s and 1900s whom you dislike, and why 1. Woodrow Wilson–his intelligence is outweighed by his being a segregationist 2. Andrew Johnson–his idea of Reconstruction was solidly based on keeping America white 3. Andrew Jackson–economic disaster, defiance of Supreme Court, laid foundation for Trail of Tears 4. Lyndon Baines Johnson–for physically assaulting the Canadian Prime Minister (Lester B. Pearson) in 1965 5. Richard Nixon - Watergate, paranoia, corruption, lessons not learned 6. Benjamin Harrison - mediocrity incarnate 7. Jimmy Carter - mediocrity struck again. And his tooth big grin drove me nuts. 8. Ronald Reagan - Pushed trickle down economics; ignore the AIDS crisis because it only “affected homosexuals.” ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56954 "2018-01-31T18:56:41Z")
A President from the 1800s and 1900s whom you dislike, and why 1. Woodrow Wilson–his intelligence is outweighed by his being a segregationist 2. Andrew Johnson–his idea of Reconstruction was solidly based on keeping America white 3. Andrew Jackson–economic disaster, defiance of Supreme Court, laid foundation for Trail of Tears 4. Lyndon Baines Johnson–for physically assaulting the Canadian Prime Minister (Lester B. Pearson) in 1965 5. Richard Nixon - Watergate, paranoia, corruption, lessons not learned 6. Benjamin Harrison - mediocrity incarnate 7. Jimmy Carter - mediocrity struck again. And his tooth big grin drove me nuts. 8. Ronald Reagan - Pushed trickle down economics; ignore the AIDS crisis because it only “affected homosexuals.” 9. James Buchanan - sub-mediocrity who did nothing when seven Southern states seceded before Lincoln was sworn in. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56955 "2018-01-31T19:13:36Z")
A President from the 1800s and 1900s whom you dislike, and why 1. Woodrow Wilson–his intelligence is outweighed by his being a segregationist 2. Andrew Johnson–his idea of Reconstruction was solidly based on keeping America white 3. Andrew Jackson–economic disaster, defiance of Supreme Court, laid foundation for Trail of Tears 4. Lyndon Baines Johnson–for physically assaulting the Canadian Prime Minister (Lester B. Pearson) in 1965 5. Richard Nixon - Watergate, paranoia, corruption, lessons not learned 6. Benjamin Harrison - mediocrity incarnate 7. Jimmy Carter - mediocrity struck again. And his tooth big grin drove me nuts. 8. Ronald Reagan - Pushed trickle down economics; ignore the AIDS crisis because it only “affected homosexuals.” 9. James Buchanan - sub-mediocrity who did nothing when seven Southern states seceded before Lincoln was sworn in. 10. Franklin Pierce - ineffective alcoholic ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56956 "2018-01-31T19:56:22Z")
A President from the 1800s and 1900s whom you dislike, and why 1. Woodrow Wilson–his intelligence is outweighed by his being a segregationist 2. Andrew Johnson–his idea of Reconstruction was solidly based on keeping America white 3. Andrew Jackson–economic disaster, defiance of Supreme Court, laid foundation for Trail of Tears 4. Lyndon Baines Johnson–for physically assaulting the Canadian Prime Minister (Lester B. Pearson) in 1965 5. Richard Nixon - Watergate, paranoia, corruption, lessons not learned 6. Benjamin Harrison - mediocrity incarnate 7. Jimmy Carter - mediocrity struck again. And his tooth big grin drove me nuts. 8. Ronald Reagan - Pushed trickle down economics; ignore the AIDS crisis because it only “affected homosexuals.” 9. James Buchanan - sub-mediocrity who did nothing when seven Southern states seceded before Lincoln was sworn in. 10. Franklin Pierce - ineffective alcoholic 11. Warren G. Harding - looked the part, but was in 'way over his head and seemed powerless to control his crooked friends ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56957 "2018-01-31T20:35:49Z")
A President from the 1800s and 1900s whom you dislike, and why 1. Woodrow Wilson–his intelligence is outweighed by his being a segregationist 2. Andrew Johnson–his idea of Reconstruction was solidly based on keeping America white 3. Andrew Jackson–economic disaster, defiance of Supreme Court, laid foundation for Trail of Tears 4. Lyndon Baines Johnson–for physically assaulting the Canadian Prime Minister (Lester B. Pearson) in 1965 5. Richard Nixon - Watergate, paranoia, corruption, lessons not learned 6. Benjamin Harrison - mediocrity incarnate 7. Jimmy Carter - mediocrity struck again. And his tooth big grin drove me nuts. 8. Ronald Reagan - Pushed trickle down economics; ignore the AIDS crisis because it only “affected homosexuals.” 9. James Buchanan - sub-mediocrity who did nothing when seven Southern states seceded before Lincoln was sworn in. 10. Franklin Pierce - ineffective alcoholic 11. Warren G. Harding - looked the part, but was in 'way over his head and seemed powerless to control his crooked friends 12. Ulysses Grant - See remarks concerning Warren G Harding above, minus ‘looking the part’ ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56958 "2018-01-31T20:39:29Z")
A President from the 1800s and 1900s whom you dislike, and why 1. Woodrow Wilson–his intelligence is outweighed by his being a segregationist 2. Andrew Johnson–his idea of Reconstruction was solidly based on keeping America white 3. Andrew Jackson–economic disaster, defiance of Supreme Court, laid foundation for Trail of Tears 4. Lyndon Baines Johnson–for physically assaulting the Canadian Prime Minister (Lester B. Pearson) in 1965 5. Richard Nixon - Watergate, paranoia, corruption, lessons not learned 6. Benjamin Harrison - mediocrity incarnate 7. Jimmy Carter - mediocrity struck again. And his tooth big grin drove me nuts. 8. Ronald Reagan - Pushed trickle down economics; ignore the AIDS crisis because it only “affected homosexuals.” 9. James Buchanan - sub-mediocrity who did nothing when seven Southern states seceded before Lincoln was sworn in. 10. Franklin Pierce - ineffective alcoholic 11. Warren G. Harding - looked the part, but was in 'way over his head and seemed powerless to control his crooked friends 12. Ulysses Grant - See remarks concerning Warren G Harding above, minus ‘looking the part’ 13. George H. W. Bush - continuing the policies of Reagan. New! Things you might see in the sky. 1. Clouds ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56959 "2018-01-31T20:48:28Z")
Things you might see in the sky. 1. Clouds 1. vapor trails Spoons. that’s quite a story about LBJ and Pearson! Elendil’s Heir, thanks for the link ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56960 "2018-01-31T21:25:49Z")
Soitenly! Things you might see in the sky. 1. Clouds 2. vapor trails 3. Black helicopters of those seeking to impose New World Order tyranny upon us all Sorry. 1. Clouds 2. vapor trails 3. birds ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56961 "2018-01-31T21:28:49Z")
Sorry. 1. Clouds 2. vapor trails 3. birds 4. the Moon ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56962 "2018-01-31T21:32:15Z")
ninja’ed ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56963 "2018-01-31T21:49:39Z")
Things you might see in the sky. 1. Clouds 2. vapor trails 3. birds 4. the Moon 5. Superman ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56964 "2018-01-31T22:19:00Z")
Things you might see in the sky. 1. Clouds 2. vapor trails 3. birds 4. the Moon 5. Superman 6. Airplanes ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56965 "2018-01-31T22:24:17Z")
Things you might see in the sky. 1. Clouds 2. vapor trails 3. birds 4. the Moon 5. Superman 6. Airplanes 7. the sun ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56966 "2018-01-31T22:27:27Z")
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