I already had to hold my nose when it came down to FDR and Harry; I won’t do the same with my beloved TR hanging in the balance.
FDR.
Theodore Roosevelt
I’ll keep the all-Roosevelt battle alive by voting for Franklin to be the next man eliminated from the game.
FDR, tho I do hereby petition the GM to allow for more time for debate (that most recent round went by rather quickly).
OK. Everyone okay with Monday as the end of this round? I’m happy to go to Thursday as the end of the #3 vote and the following Monday for the final vote.
I concur.
And I’ve got FDR leading TR 5-2 at this juncture. I smell upset!
FDR, for not being on Mt. Rushmore.
FDR, for screwing up the depression before he redeemed himself in the war.
FDR
FDR goes before TR that is for sure. TR was our most bad-ass and incredible President without question. He put us on the world stage more than anyone. A Hawk that stopped two wars is pretty impressive. His reforms were remarkable for their time. He was a great man and a great President. I know he has no chance but I would put him first.
Teddy
FDR, sad to say. Well sad in that Eleanor did wonders for his presidency and voting him out feels like voting her out.
FDR to go.
Teddy used to read the poetry of E.A. Robinson in Cabinet meetings, and pulled strings to get the poet a desk job with New York Customs so that he could basically sit and write more poetry. As an E.A. Robinson fan, I can only approve. Plus there’s the whole national parks thing.
Can I just start asking now: what exactly did Washington do during his presidency?
FDR, 10-3 at this juncture.
Didn’t see this one coming.
He pretty much invented the Presidency. I mean, the office was created in the constitution, but no one really knew what it was going to look like. A king? A figurehead? Something in between? That he voluntarily stepped down after two terms, without precedent, is amazing. He held warring factions of his cabinet together and navigated peace with both England and France. He created the world’s first impression of these new “United States.” There is a long list of things he did first but we take for granted now.
Washington also appointed the entire Federal judiciary, put down the Whiskey Rebellion, and backed Hamilton in his plans for assumption of the states’ Revolutionary War debts and the creation of a Bank of the United States, which at last put the new country on a firm financial footing. He pursued an enlightened Indian policy, established the U.S. Navy and approved the building of six fine frigates (the USS Constitution among them), helped organize the establishment of the Federal city that would eventually bear his name, and in his Farewell Address set the course of American foreign policy for generations to come. For more: Presidency of George Washington - Wikipedia
A truly impressive man, and a hero of mine.
Teddy Roosevelt
I did. I knew the guys on the $1 and $5 dollar bills (quarter and penny) would be the last two, and frankly there’s much to admire about Teddy-as an environmentalist he was light-years ahead of many contemporaries on many such issues. I do acknowledge FDR’s efforts in WWII-he consistently appointed competent, and sometimes spectacular, people into the right military slots, and helped devise a very workable grand strategy to win the war, which is why I haven’t voted for (against) him until now.
TR
Teddy.
FDR, for Skammer’s reasons.