# The President Elimination Game **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 24, 2009, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317 "2009-09-24T01:36:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 24
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/461 "2009-11-12T20:30:32Z")
What the hey, let’s finish sweeping out the 1920s: Calvin Coolidge ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/462 "2009-11-12T21:16:54Z")
If John Adams isn’t actively pernicious, I don’t know who is. Oust that First Amendment-bashing Bostonian. (Can I use mildly vulgar terms denoting sex acts considered distasteful in the American South in this forum? I honestly don’t know–help me out.) And please, hold off on Taylor, the only Antebellum president to seriously address slavery. He was a victim of the Reaper’s indiscriminate hand, not of any lack of vision or leadership. He’s our most underrated president. If you really must pick on a mediocrity, Harrison is probably your guy. Or Ford. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/463 "2009-11-12T21:18:42Z")
I can get on board with Harrison. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2009, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/464 "2009-11-12T21:21:20Z")
Jefferson deserves it more, but I’ll get on the Benjamin Harrison bandwagon. A cold fish and a flop who shouldn’t have beaten Cleveland. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/465 "2009-11-12T21:36:24Z")
Despite the fact Harrison appears to be on the way out, I have a tough time at this point voting for a guy born in Ohio (as was I) and elected from Indiana (where I now live). Plus he supported American Indian rights while in the U.S. Senate and signed the Sherman Anti-Trust Act as president. Ben’s certainly not Sweet Sixteen material, but then neither is CHESTER A. ARTHUR, who will once again be my pick. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/466 "2009-11-12T21:40:39Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > **ToeJam** , it’s hard to tell if you’re kidding or not, but in any case you need to tone it down. Calling people “racist” is pretty serious. We don’t allow name-calling in this forum. > > **Ellen Cherry > Game Room Moderator** I’m sorry, I thought it was thoroughly tongue in cheek, especially since it had nothing to do with Wilson. And I tried adding a smiled. I guess I should have also added the “double secret probation Racist” to really drive it home. :rolleyes: But yes, I’m sorry, it won’t happen again. I’m sorry **John DiFool.** Though I must wonder what you thought a Double Racist was… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/467 "2009-11-12T21:43:39Z")
Still torn between Taylor and Adams this time around. ---
**Author:** ![Algorithm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/algorithm/32/12204_2.png) [@Algorithm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algorithm)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/468 "2009-11-12T22:38:25Z")
While I wouldn’t be sad to see Harrison go, I’ll maintain my vote for Adams this round. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/469 "2009-11-12T22:45:37Z")
I will say Gerald Ford again, although **Skammer** will surely disagree. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/470 "2009-11-12T22:47:38Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > I will say Gerald Ford again, although **Skammer** will surely disagree. In addition to what I posted earlier, Jerry Ford looked just like my dad _who is also named Jerry_. Are you trying to vote out my dad? :mad: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/471 "2009-11-12T23:02:34Z")
Eh, I’ll go with Adams. Though that Dad line \*WAS \*a tempting sell to out Jerry. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/472 "2009-11-13T01:12:26Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Despite the fact Harrison appears to be on the way out, I have a tough time at this point voting for a guy born in Ohio (as was I) and elected from Indiana (where I now live). Plus he supported American Indian rights while in the U.S. Senate and signed the Sherman Anti-Trust Act as president. Ben’s certainly not Sweet Sixteen material, but then neither is CHESTER A. ARTHUR, who will once again be my pick. Ironic that Cleveland was the guy in that election who wasn’t from Ohio. Coolidge again. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/473 "2009-11-13T01:16:37Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Despite the fact Harrison appears to be on the way out, I have a tough time at this point voting for a guy born in Ohio (as was I) and elected from Indiana (where I now live). How is this relevant to how great a president he was? Anyway, my vote goes to Coolidge. ---
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/474 "2009-11-13T01:38:06Z")
Zachary Taylor again. Go statistical average! ---
**Author:** ![Neptunian\_Slug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce7236/32.png) [@Neptunian\_Slug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neptunian_Slug)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/475 "2009-11-13T04:03:42Z")
Benjamin Harrison. I don’t think he was a mediocre President, I think he was a genuinely bad president. ---
**Author:** ![Stowed\_Bob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stowed_bob/32/3312_2.png) [@Stowed\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stowed_Bob)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/476 "2009-11-13T05:54:59Z")
John Adams again. ---
**Author:** ![Cullain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cullain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cullain)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/477 "2009-11-13T07:07:10Z")
Taylor - a working definition of mediocrity. ---
**Author:** ![Makeitstop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@Makeitstop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Makeitstop)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/478 "2009-11-13T23:00:01Z")
Taylor! I stress, I don’t hate the guy. In fact, I believe he could have been a fine president. But the fact remains that he spent so little time in office, and he did nothing noteworthy in that time. I know it isn’t his fault, but that doesn’ty change the facts. Benjamin Harrison, the guy who seems to be on the chopping block, did several things of note during his time in offce, including passing the Sherman Anti-Trust Act and the handling of the Baltimor Crisis with Chile. This doesn’t mean Harrision was a particularily successful president. In fact, his time in office seems, in hindsight, somewhat wasted. And Taylor may very well have had a much better presidency. We will never know. But because Harrison got more done in office than Taylor, I vote Taylor. Whether that is fair or not. ---
**Author:** ![as\_u\_wish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@as\_u\_wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/as_u_wish)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/479 "2009-11-14T19:42:03Z")
Taylor, just to make my son (Makeitstop) have to come up with a new anti-favorite. What? I need a better reason? ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317/480 "2009-11-16T01:02:20Z")
Calvin Coolidge, didn’t do much and caused most of the blame of Depression to fall on Hoover. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-elimination-game/511317.md?page=25)