Greatest American elimination game (game thread)

Franklin D Roosevelt. Eleanor was the one who pushed him into making his more fondly remembered policies.

Susan B. Anthony.

Susan B. Anthony

Douglass

It is interesting that the two leading contenders for bouncing this round are both buriedin Mt. Hope Cemetery (Rochester, NY).

Since it’s past noon and there was a clear-cut choice this round, I’ll post the tally:

Frederick Douglass 7

Martin Luther King, Jr. 3
Teddy Roosevelt 3

Susan B. Anthony 2

Franklin D. Roosevelt 1

If I correctly divine the intentions of Elendil’s Heir, the deadline for the next round’s votes will be noon EDT Friday, March 19.

Remaining contenders are:

Susan B. Anthony: Suffrage activist
Benjamin Franklin: Scientist, statesman, inventor
Martin Luther King Jr.: Preacher, orator, humanitarian
Abraham Lincoln: President, emancipator, writer
Franklin D. Roosevelt: President, reformer, statesman
Theodore Roosevelt: President, conservationist, statesman
George Washington: President, general, statesman

You know, if we spread out the voting just right, we could reach our Final Four at the same time as the NCAA.

Lincoln would be the best rebounder, too.

Next Round:
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Teddy. Couldn’t stand the thought of anyone not named Theodore Roosevelt being President of the US. (And to head off one response, the younger Roosevelt had sound reasons for thinking he was President at an unusual time.)

To continue with the NCAA metaphor, the White House Conference seems over-represented in the Select Seven. Therefore, I’ll go with the president I feel to be the weakest of the remaining four.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Not true, his biggest mistake was thinking that his hand picked successor was going to continue reform and struck back hard when he proved a useless and effectively backstabbing toad. He is the only 3rd party candidate I believe to come in second for good reason. Taft was an ass.

FDR.

While I think Suzie BA is probably the least great among the candidates we haveleft, I’ll vote FDR for tactical reasons.

You are correct, sir.

My vote: Susan B. Anthony, a giant in the field of women’s suffrage, but the least great of those remaining.

Anthony.

Teddy

Welcome to the Dark Seedy Underside of Elimination Games, Boozy :smiley:

FDR

FDR

Susan B.

Can’t vote against Franklin. FDR was twice the president any of the rest of them were!

Uh…going by number of terms, anyway.