# The Presidential Feud by Little Nemo \[game over\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 3, 2011, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidential-feud-by-little-nemo-game-over/566263 "2011-01-03T21:19:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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 4, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidential-feud-by-little-nemo-game-over/566263/41 "2011-01-04T17:05:26Z")
1. Obama 2. George H.W. Bush 3. Washington 4. FDR 5. Carter 6. JFK 7. Obama 8. Cleveland 9. Lincoln ---
**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 4, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidential-feud-by-little-nemo-game-over/566263/42 "2011-01-04T17:07:10Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > George Washington: First in war, first in peace, but far behind Eisenhower in this feud. Recency often beats actual historical significance in things like this. ---
**Author:** ![candide](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@candide](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/candide)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidential-feud-by-little-nemo-game-over/566263/43 "2011-01-04T18:11:43Z")
1. Barak Obama 2. George H. W. Bush 3. Dwight Eisenhower 4. Abraham Lincoln 5. Jimmy Carter 6. John Kennedy 7. John Kennedy 8. Ronald Reagan 9. James K. Polk 10. Abraham Lincoln ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidential-feud-by-little-nemo-game-over/566263/44 "2011-01-04T19:04:18Z")
1. Barack Obama 2. George H. W. Bush 3. Dwight Eisenhower 4. Franklin Roosevelt 5. George H. W. Bush 6. Richard Nixon 7. John F. Kennedy 8. Ronald Reagan 9. Jimmy Carter 10. John F. Kennedy ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidential-feud-by-little-nemo-game-over/566263/45 "2011-01-04T19:08:32Z")
1. Barack Obama 2. George H. W. Bush 3. Dwight Eisenhower 4. Abraham Lincoln 5. George H. W. Bush 6. Abraham Lincoln 7. Ronald Reagan 8. John F. Kennedy 9. Lyndon Johnson 10. John F. Kennedy ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidential-feud-by-little-nemo-game-over/566263/46 "2011-01-04T19:34:25Z")
1. Obama 2. George H. W. Bush 3. Eisenhower 4. Lincoln 5. Carter 6. George W. Bush 7. John F. Kennedy 8. Clinton 9. Polk 10. Lincoln ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidential-feud-by-little-nemo-game-over/566263/47 "2011-01-04T19:57:19Z")
1. John F. Kennedy 2. George H.W. Bush 3. Dwight Eisenhower 4. Franklin Roosevelt 5. Herbert Hoover 6. Richard Nixon 7. Bill Clinton 8. Ronald Reagan 9. Woodrow Wilson 10. Abraham Lincoln ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidential-feud-by-little-nemo-game-over/566263/48 "2011-01-04T23:51:24Z")
1. Barack Obama 2. GHW Bush 3. Eisenhower 4. FDR 5. GHW Bush 6. JFK 7. JFK 8. JFK 9. GHW Bush 10. JFK ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidential-feud-by-little-nemo-game-over/566263/49 "2011-01-05T00:02:52Z")
1. Obama 2. George Bush, Sr. 3. Grant 4. GW Bush 5. George Bush, Sr. 6. Abraham Lincoln 7. John F. Kennedy 8. Ronald Reagan 9. Howard Taft 10. Abraham Lincoln ---
**Author:** ![VanLandry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/eb9ed0/32.png) [@VanLandry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VanLandry)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidential-feud-by-little-nemo-game-over/566263/50 "2011-01-05T00:58:09Z")
1. Obama 2. George HW Bush 3. Eisenhower 4. Lincoln 5. George HW Bush 6. JFK 7. JFK 8. Reagan 9. Carter 10. Lincoln ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidential-feud-by-little-nemo-game-over/566263/51 "2011-01-05T08:13:34Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Recency often beats actual historical significance in things like this. These Feuds are exercises in _ **cooperation** _. (Yes, they’re competitions, but we’re competing to see who _cooperates_ best! 😃 ) Given this, an obvious approach is to ask oneself “Is there an obvious criterion that co-operators could adopt, _without any consultation_?” In this Feud, recency suggests itself as such a criterion. (Indeed, subconsciously using that criterion may be why I missed Carter to go with Bush-41 :smack: ) I’m not worried that this observation will spoil future Feuds! Given my recent track-record, Dopers are likely to do the _opposite_ of whatever **septimus** suggests! :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidential-feud-by-little-nemo-game-over/566263/52 "2011-01-05T12:18:25Z")
1. Nixon 2. Nixon 3. Eisenhower 4. FDR 5. Carter 6. JFK 7. JFK 8. Wilson 9. Coolidge 10. Lincoln ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidential-feud-by-little-nemo-game-over/566263/53 "2011-01-05T12:49:39Z")
**AppallingGael** is #48. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidential-feud-by-little-nemo-game-over/566263/54 "2011-01-05T23:39:14Z")
**bump** ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidential-feud-by-little-nemo-game-over/566263/55 "2011-01-06T00:44:24Z")
1. Obama 2. G HW Bush 3. Ulysses Grant 4. FDR 5. Jimmy Carter 6. G W Bush 7. Bill Clinton 8. Reagan 9. Lyndon Johnson 10. Lincoln ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidential-feud-by-little-nemo-game-over/566263/56 "2011-01-06T12:18:25Z")
1. JFK 2. George Bush, Sr. 3. George Washington 4. Eisenhower 5. Jimmy Carter 6. Richard Nixon 7. Bill Clinton 8. Ronald Reagan 9. Jimmy Carter 10. Abe Lincoln ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidential-feud-by-little-nemo-game-over/566263/57 "2011-01-06T12:54:39Z")
1. Obama 2. GHW Bush 3. Eisenhower 4. FDR 5. Carter 6. JFK 7. JFK 8. JFK 9. Truman 10. JFK [eta] ah, too late ---
**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:** [January 6, 2011, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidential-feud-by-little-nemo-game-over/566263/58 "2011-01-06T13:58:56Z")
I think it would have been interesting to have a “no repeat answers” rule for this fued. It probably would have spread out some of the answers. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidential-feud-by-little-nemo-game-over/566263/59 "2011-01-06T14:15:11Z")
1. Obama 2. Ford 3. Eisenhower 4. Lincoln 5. Carter 6. Kennedy 7. Kennedy 8. Reagan 9. Truman 10. Kennedy Urgh…looks like I’m too late. I agree that “no repeats” would have forced interesting choices…where to put Kennedy, for example? ---
**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 6, 2011, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidential-feud-by-little-nemo-game-over/566263/60 "2011-01-06T20:44:45Z")
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