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Your Favorite Presidents and First Ladies
#25Your Favorite Presidents and First Ladies
Posted: 3/7/23 at 10:45pm
Kinda related: I just caught up on reading the comic “Killadelphia,” which is absolutely brilliant. One of the running themes throughout the book is, how much of the moral failure of the Founding Fathers, particularly their racial and sexual blind spots, was a product of their era versus inherent personality flaw. If they were given immortality, by the present day would they have changed their stances and viewpoints, or clung to them?
#26Your Favorite Presidents and First Ladies
Posted: 3/10/23 at 4:33pm
Turner Classic Movies is showing "Sunrise at Campobello" on Wednesday, March 15th.
#27Your Favorite Presidents and First Ladies
Posted: 3/11/23 at 12:41pm
"Killadelphia" sounds really interesting. Tk you, darquegk.
#28Your Favorite Presidents and First Ladies
Posted: 3/12/23 at 1:21pm
Welcome. I became a voracious comics reader during the pandemic (thanks, Paperback app), and prestige indie horror was my default genre of choice. Killadelphia (and its spinoff Nita Hawes's Nightmare Blog) are among the best ongoing series I've ever encountered, and one of relatively few comics to deal in genre stuff and explicit social issues equally well without feeling heavy-handed, preachy or out of touch.
#29Your Favorite Presidents and First Ladies
Posted: 3/14/23 at 4:03pm
Highland Guy said: "Turner Classic Movies is showing "Sunrise at Campobello" on Wednesday, March 15th.
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#30Your Favorite Presidents and First Ladies
Posted: 3/14/23 at 4:56pm
Jay Lerner-Z, you are the only person making an argument in this thread that makes any sense at all. Thank you for being reasonable. I agree with you on all points.
#31Your Favorite Presidents and First Ladies
Posted: 3/14/23 at 7:28pm
South Florida said: Greer Garson was such a beauty
Greer Garson maintained a home in Dallas (high-rise condo) in her later years. We lived in Dallas for a time, and once saw Miss Garson exiting the downtown Neiman-Marcus flagship store, probably in the 1980's. It was a surprise to see her, and yes, she was a great beauty and a great actress.
#32Your Favorite Presidents and First Ladies
Posted: 3/19/23 at 6:08pm
Thank you, GingerbreadMan! It's reassuring to read that.
#33Your Favorite Presidents and First Ladies
Posted: 4/21/23 at 12:18pm
Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., the current and one of our best U.S. Presidents, is likely to announce next week that he is running for a second term as leader of our country.
YES !!
#34Your Favorite Presidents and First Ladies
Posted: 4/22/23 at 12:17pm
Vice President Kamala Devi Harris has announced that she will be running with President Biden for a second term.
YES !!
#35Your Favorite Presidents and First Ladies
Posted: 5/30/23 at 2:02pm
Continuing to send love and positivity and strength to former President and First Lady, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/30/politics/rosalynn-carter-health/index.html
#36Your Favorite Presidents and First Ladies
Posted: 5/30/23 at 3:01pm
A new three-part documentary profiling Franklin Delano Roosevelt, my favorite President, premiered on the History Channel last night.
#37Your Favorite Presidents and First Ladies
Posted: 7/28/23 at 8:20pm
For the first two years of my military service, Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson resided in the White House. I had, and continue to have, great respect for each of them. As my Commander-in-Chief, we understood the difficulties President Johnson encountered during the Vietnam Era. I never once doubted his integrity or the decisions he made, and I was honored to serve during his Administration. As well, we can be proud of First Lady Johnson for her work on behalf of the environment and the beautification of the United States. Both great Americans, and I miss them.
And so, upon reflection, I do include President and First Lady Johnson in my list of favorities.
#38Your Favorite Presidents and First Ladies
Posted: 8/3/23 at 10:18am
JFK was a hero, indeed. He would be proud of his daughter Caroline and grandson Jack.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/03/australia/caroline-kennedy-jfk-world-war-ii-swim-intl-hnk/index.html
#39Your Favorite Presidents and First Ladies
Posted: 9/25/23 at 1:03pm
Happy to see President and First Lady Carter in public again. They recently celebrated their 77th wedding ceremony. Truly, an American love story.
https://www.gpb.org/news/2023/09/25/former-president-jimmy-carter-makes-appearance-at-peanut-festival-ahead-of-his-99th
#40Your Favorite Presidents and First Ladies
Posted: 10/1/23 at 2:14pm
Happy 99th Birthday, President Carter! A long and honorable life of service to our country
https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/01/politics/gallery/jimmy-carter/index.html.
#41Your Favorite Presidents and First Ladies
Posted: 10/2/23 at 5:22pm
Here is a listing of U.S. Presidents ranked from worst to best by historians. I won't spoil the fun by revealing who is ranked first, but his initials are FDR.
https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/presidents-ranked-worst-best/
#42Your Favorite Presidents and First Ladies
Posted: 10/2/23 at 5:45pm
Is that the guy who racially profiled a hundred thousand people? Then put them in camps?
Ew.
#43Your Favorite Presidents and First Ladies
Posted: 10/3/23 at 12:05pm
I completely agree with Jay on this one. Claiming that FDR was a great leader despite something like the Japanese-American internment is absolutely ridiculous. It's like saying that an abusive man could be a good husband and father as long as he spends most of his time providing for his family because, after all, he only spends a couple of hours yelling and hitting them each week.
#44Your Favorite Presidents and First Ladies
Posted: 10/3/23 at 5:35pm
Kdogg, I'm probably stretching you patience with this, but...
Is FDR at least partially responsible for what happened to Monica Lewinsky? I do sometimes wonder if the womanizing ways of Roosevelt and Kennedy somehow was part of the presidential mystique for men like Bill Clinton. They considered it a perk of the job.
#45Your Favorite Presidents and First Ladies
Posted: 10/3/23 at 7:40pm
It's a plausible hypothesis, but not a slam-dunk like the Japanese-American internment. In the latter case culpability is much more direct and the stakes (arguably) higher.
#46Your Favorite Presidents and First Ladies
Posted: 10/3/23 at 7:54pm
This is true. Thank you.
#47Your Favorite Presidents and First Ladies
Posted: 11/20/23 at 10:32am
Thank you for your dedicated service to our country, First Lady Rosalynn Carter. You have left a remarkable legacy. Rest in Peace.
#48Your Favorite Presidents and First Ladies
Posted: 11/20/23 at 6:53pm
A wasted life. How sad that an intelligent woman like Rosalynn Smith will forever be known as Mrs. Carter. No, not that Mrs. Carter. The OG Mrs. Carter. She spent her adult life in service to her husband. Such was/is society. Ridiculous that strong women like Michelle Robinson or Hillary Rodham must sacrifice their own goals in life for a hollow performative role such as "First Lady"... but there is no doubt that Rosalynn did it well. RIP
#49Your Favorite Presidents and First Ladies
Posted: 11/21/23 at 11:09am
Jay Lerner-Z said: "A wasted life"
Shut up. Just this one time, SHUT UP.
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