Readers may recall that every so often I like to get a sense of how they rate the Presidents of the United States. This go-round, I am doing something a little different; I randomized the list and then cut them into sets of three. Each day I will ask you about two sets, in each set rank the presidents 1-2-3 within that set. Here are today's sets:
Set One
George Washington
Martin Van Buren
Richard Nixon
Set Two
Franklin Pierce
Lyndon Johnson
Andrew Jackson
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Set 1=====Was... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Bill | December 9, 2008 11:38 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Set 1
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Washington
Nixon
Van Buren
Set 2
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Jackson
Pierce
Johnson
1. Posted by Bill | December 9, 2008 11:38 AM |
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Posted on December 9, 2008 11:38
2. Posted by Mitch | December 9, 2008 11:55 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Set One:
Washington
Nixon
Van Buren
Set Two:
Jackson
Johnson
Pierce
2. Posted by Mitch | December 9, 2008 11:55 AM |
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Posted on December 9, 2008 11:55
3. Posted by DaveD | December 9, 2008 12:17 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Washington
Van Buren
Nixon
Jackson
Johnson
Pierce
3. Posted by DaveD | December 9, 2008 12:17 PM |
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Posted on December 9, 2008 12:17
4. Posted by scrub_oak | December 9, 2008 12:20 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Washington
Nixon
Van Buren
Jackson
Johnson
Pierce
4. Posted by scrub_oak | December 9, 2008 12:20 PM |
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Posted on December 9, 2008 12:20
5. Posted by Jeff Medcalf | December 9, 2008 12:51 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Set 1:
Washington
Van Buren
Nixon
Set 2 (and what a bunch of losers, except Jackson):
Jackson
Johnson
Pierce
5. Posted by Jeff Medcalf | December 9, 2008 12:51 PM |
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Posted on December 9, 2008 12:51
6. Posted by Rheinman | December 9, 2008 12:56 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Set One
George Washington
Martin Van Buren
Richard Nixon
Set Two
Andrew Jackson
Lyndon Johnson
Franklin Pierce
6. Posted by Rheinman | December 9, 2008 12:56 PM |
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Posted on December 9, 2008 12:56
7. Posted by _Mike_ | December 9, 2008 12:59 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
1)George Washington
Martin Van Buren
Richard Nixon
1)Andrew Jackson
Franklin Pierce
Lyndon Johnson
7. Posted by _Mike_ | December 9, 2008 12:59 PM |
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Posted on December 9, 2008 12:59
8. Posted by kbiel
| December 9, 2008 1:03 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Set 1
Washington
Van Buren
Nixon
Set 2 (all losers, it hard to rank them)
Jackson
Pierce
Johnson
8. Posted by kbiel
| December 9, 2008 1:03 PM |
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Posted on December 9, 2008 13:03
9. Posted by Ken Hahn | December 9, 2008 1:52 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Set 1
Washington
Nixon
Van Buren
Set 2
Jackson
Andrew Johnson
Lyndon Johnson
9. Posted by Ken Hahn | December 9, 2008 1:52 PM |
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Posted on December 9, 2008 13:52
10. Posted by Dennis P. Skea | December 9, 2008 2:20 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Set #1 Nixon (Forget Watergate, he was a great president for the time)
Set#2 Johnson???
10. Posted by Dennis P. Skea | December 9, 2008 2:20 PM |
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Posted on December 9, 2008 14:20
11. Posted by Todd | December 9, 2008 2:53 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Set 1
Washington
Nixon
Van Buren
Set 2
Jackson
Pierce
Johnson
11. Posted by Todd | December 9, 2008 2:53 PM |
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Posted on December 9, 2008 14:53
12. Posted by Andy T | December 9, 2008 5:39 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Set One:
Washington
Van Buren
Nixon
Set Two:
Jackson
Johnson
Pierce
12. Posted by Andy T | December 9, 2008 5:39 PM |
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Posted on December 9, 2008 17:39
13. Posted by andy | December 9, 2008 10:34 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
van buren (great mutton chops)
washington (never wanted to be a politician)
nixon (coulda been a contenda...)
jackson (he engaged in brawls)
pierce (he's from NH as am I)
johnson (the most evil man to ever hold the office. the true Great Satan)
13. Posted by andy | December 9, 2008 10:34 PM |
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Posted on December 9, 2008 22:34
14. Posted by Arthur | December 9, 2008 10:56 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
This is a fun way to do it. I'll play along
Set One
George Washington
Martin Van Buren
Richard Nixon
gw
rn
Mvb
GW #1 is easy.
RN #2 just because he was an adequate cold warrior so he's ahead of MVB
Mvb #3 Don't know anything about him so he's #3.
Set Two
Franklin Pierce
Lyndon Johnson
Andrew Jackson
AJ #1 just because he HAS to be better than the other two
FP Same as MVB, don't know much about him.
LBJ Arrrgh. One of the worst of all time.
14. Posted by Arthur | December 9, 2008 10:56 PM |
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Posted on December 9, 2008 22:56
15. Posted by hyperbolist | December 9, 2008 11:59 PM | Score: -1 (1 votes cast)
No love for Tricky Dick?!
15. Posted by hyperbolist | December 9, 2008 11:59 PM |
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Posted on December 9, 2008 23:59
16. Posted by galoob | December 10, 2008 12:04 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Washington
Nixon (Opening with China, detente with USSR eclipses Watergate)
Van Buren (not the worst pre-Civil War president, but not that great)
Set Two:
Jackson
Johnson (Civil Rights legacy)
Pierce (a do-nothing drunk slavery sympathizer whose lack of leadership one reason for Civil War)
16. Posted by galoob | December 10, 2008 12:04 PM |
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Posted on December 10, 2008 12:04
17. Posted by Parthenon | December 11, 2008 10:44 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
1) Washington
2) Nixon
3) Van Buren
1) Jackson
2) Johnson
3) Pierce
17. Posted by Parthenon | December 11, 2008 10:44 AM |
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Posted on December 11, 2008 10:44
18. Posted by Pam | December 11, 2008 11:00 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Set One easy:
GW
MVB
Set Two Not easy:
FP
LJ
AJ
I'll explain: Andrew Jackson was the first Demagogue Democrat; he developed the spoils system to reward his croonies; he had congress to pass the Force Bill, so SC would nullify tarrifs passed by the national congress. Some say he saved the union from civil war; I say he started the modern Democrat party down the path of corruption, and you would have had the big goverment LBJ if you hadn't had King Andrew!
18. Posted by Pam | December 11, 2008 11:00 AM |
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Posted on December 11, 2008 11:00