Which republican would you vote for?

[True_Blue]

You don't have a choice of any Democrat, Vote for the Republican President or former President to lead this nation.

(starting from 1900)

[greatauntoftriplets]

1. I'd vote for.....

...shooting myself in the head before voting for any of those bozos. Please note apologies to Bozo the Clown.

[buckfush2]

5. aww cmon.....

Gerry Ford was the funnest prez I can remember!

[T Roosevelt]

2. Hmmm...wonder who I voted for...

[VermontDem2004]

3. Bush?

[FreeperSlayer]

4. Two...

"The Golfing President", Ike
TR
It makes me vomit to hear the Repugs say "the party of Lincoln". Ole Abe would kick some DeLay ass if he came back.

[VermontDem2004]

6. Why would anyone vote for Junior?

:shrug:

[poskonig]

7. I'd vote for Joe Lieberman.

Too bad he isn't on the list. :evilgrin:

[Booberdawg]

8. Ewwwwwwww!

NO WAY!!!

I'd rather get poked in the eye with a sharp stick!x(

[Raenelle]

9. TR--a war monger, no doubt, but he had some redeeming qualities

like real character and a progressive domestic agenda. And he was bright, courageous, full of life. Without a doubt, TR--in fact, he's the one Repuke I might vote for even against a Dem.

[VermontDem2004]

11. He did run as a progressive in the 1912 election

[TankLV]

54. And busted up the monopolies.

That's why he had to form the "bull moose party" to run again. Stepped on too many toes.

[Salviati]

10. Gonna have to go with Teddy on this one...

We need someone to protect the park system he set up and to bust some trusts these days...

[ScotTissue]

12. Calvin Coolidge!

For no other reason than that's the lever my hand hits as I collapse on the floor and puke in my mouth.

[VermontDem2004]

14. rotflmao

[kutastha]

38. Thanks!

I thought I heard that somewhere. He's my vote.

[trotsky]

13. The Trustbuster

T.R. was definitely a liberal. National Parks, busting up capitalist gangs, etc. Would definitely vote for him if I had to vote Repuke.

[VermontDem2004]

15. Like I said in post #11

He ran as a Progressive candidate in the 1912 election and got more votes then the Repuke taft.

[VermontDem2004]

16. Bush and Nixon got 6 votes

what is happening to DU? :evilfrown:

[VermontDem2004]

18. Oh god Hoobert Hoover got a vote

What happened to DU!!!! :evilfrown:

[starroute]

20. Hoover was a perfectly decent man

He was just totally incapable of dealing with the Depression. But he did some good things before and after his presidency.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

27. Didn't Hoover Have A PHD in Engineering From Stanford

and what pres gave him a position?


I know it was a Dem

[TankLV]

59. None other than our beloved FDR!

Some tried to take away his name from Boulder (Hoover) Dam. Was reinstated during FDR's term(s), I believe.

Just out of his league as pretzledent. Very intelligent man and engineer, I've read.

I'd go with TR, too.

#1 Lincoln (I know, not on the list)
#2 Teddy
#3 Ike (maybe)

(did'nt vote in the poll)

[LTR]

64. Truman

Hunted him down and gave him a job overseeing food distribution in post-war Europe.

When HST offered him the job, Hoover broke down in tears. Turns out it was the first time in almost two decades that anyone even paid him any attention.

Hoover went on to redeem himself, and remained very good friends with HST until his death in 1964.

And with that... my 100th post! WHOO HOO!!!! :D

[WyLoochka]

63. Hoover was a Trickle Downer

that's not "decent" in my book.

[wuushew]

41. A post watergate Nixon would be interesting

As part of the agreement with Satan for allowing Nixon to re-enter the mortal realm everything he does would be forced into the public limelight. It would be the complete opposite of a shadow government. Perhaps as part of his damnation Nixon would be forced by Satan to pass liberal legistlation?

[burr]

66. it's being Liebernized!

What about all the votes for Eik?

A great guy...but are we forgetting that he opposed Medicare, worked to weaken Unions in this country, and also picked Nixon as his running mate? Even worse, he did little to halt the frightening growth of the military industrial complex that he so boldly warned us of. And yet he was the ideal political leader who was best positioned to change our nation's shortsighted approach during the Cold War.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

17. Who The Hay Voted For Bush-Ike or Ford Get My Vote

[DemocratSinceBirth]

19. Ford Got The Profile In Courage Award From The John F Kennedy

School of Government for his pardon of Nixon.


It was presented by Caroline Kennedy. And Ted Kennedy said at the dedication that he was wrong to oppose Ford's pardon of Nixon at the time.

Ford was pro choice, pro ERA , pro affirmative action. He'd be called a RINO today for sure.

He gets my props.

[gyopsy]

21. Teddy Roosevelt

I'm no history buff but the guy seemed fairly progressive to me. Trust Busting and preserving our nation's natural land in parks. That all sounds good.

[VermontDem2004]

22. He also ran as a progressive in the 1912 election

and got more votes then the republican Taft.

[vision]

46. Teddy is my favorite Republican

Teddy is in my top five of all Presidents. Yeah he has his problems but I would take him over many others.

[jfxgillis]

23. I voted for Ford because ...

... it turned out Jimmy Carter just didn't have it in him and that, in turn, put the Dems in a 20-year hole.

I almost voted for Reagan just so I could say, "I voted for Reagan in 1980, but I'm a Democrat now!"

[saoirse]

24. Teddy Roosevelt

Of course, I'd vote for Abraham Lincoln too - but he wasn't
on the list.

[ButterflyBlood]

25. how did * get 4 votes?

sheesh, I'd even take his dad over him, at least he dad's war waged for oil and ratings wasn't unprovoked.

[kutastha]

26. Hey

Didn't TR run as a progressive in 1912 and even get more votes than Taft, who was a Repub? ;)

[VermontDem2004]

28. Yeap

[wuushew]

29. Why no Abraham Lincoln?

?

[VermontDem2004]

32. (starting from 1900)

[ButterflyBlood]

30. I went with Eisenhower, the last good Republican president

Ford probably would've been it had he not pardoned Nixon, although he would be very moderate today and preferable to the current squatter in the White House or likes of Tom DeLay (actually even Nixon was pretty moderate compared to the current nutjobs in charge of the GOP)

[GOPBasher]

31. T. Roosevelt is my man

[AmandaRuth]

33. i know

this is an undercover operation to draw out the freepers, right? i mean, really, bush getting votes......

[Iluvleiberman]

34. Obviously some freeper trolls are on this board

I mean Bush and Reagan getting votes???

Blech! Go away trolls!

[baldguy]

35. Abe Lincoln

[jfkennedy]

36. I would never vote Republican

I have never voted for a Republican nor would I ever. That’s why in the 2000 election when I seen my own people in my own party not even fight the stealing of and election, I had no choice but to leave the democrats.

And even after they stole it the democrats voted as a group with no opposition to vote for every one of the pResidents laws.

[xequals]

37. Ike

for warning us about the the Military Industrial Complex, and for speaking the truth in general.

From everything I've read, Ike was a relatively moderate Republican... the last of the "good" Republicans.. before the realignment of 1964 when Goldwater and the conservatives seized control of the party.

Even Truman held Ike in high regard.

[LTR]

52. Goldwater

Would be considered a liberal by today's GOP.

Actually, Goldwater wasn't all bad. Hated the religious right, Favored gays in the military, and was against government intrusion into private lives. Big environmental supporter.

Only thing that makes him conservative is his lobbying for a strong military.

Damn, I'd almost vote for him nowadays.

[TankLV]

62. He evidentally also wrestled hard whether to run as a dem or repuke.

Go figure.

But on second thought, he was pretty rude to Kennedy at the inaugeration (sp?). Refused to come out and congratulate him or ride with him as all previous presidents had done. Was quite a "scandal" in its day. Started the end of bipartisanship, IMO.

[starroute]

39. I voted for Teddy

I always did have a soft spot for him (probably the result of seeing Arsenic and Old Lace too many times as a kid.)

What surprises me is how many people here think Eisenhower was okay. Is it just because of that speech about the military-industrial complex? Believe me, I lived through the 50s, and Eisenhower was not okay:

In many ways he was a proto-Bush, although not as actively evil. He'd risen in the army by knowing who to suck up to, not because of any military skills. He spent most of his administration playing golf. A lot of the time, he didn't seem to have a clue as to how to navigate from one end a sentence to the other. (He was the first president to pronounce "nuclear" as "nuke-yoo-lar.") His greatest appear was his likeability, while he left the real dirty work to his vice-president, Nixon.

His administration began with the CIA overthrow of Mossadegh in Iran in 1953 and Arbenz in Guatemala in 1954 and ended with the Gary Powers U-2 incident in 1960. In between, the CIA ran amok in one country after another. By the end of the 50's, the United States was more hated than at any time prior to the present day.

The right-wing was in the ascendent all through the 50s. McCarthyism was at its peak around the time Eisenhower was inaugurated, and even though McCarthy's fortunes went downhill after the Army-McCarthy hearings in 1954, the power of the right to intimidate and persecute leftists barely waned until the 1960's.

As one result of the right-wing dominance, "Under God" was added to the Pledge of Allegience and "In God We Trust" was made an official motto of the United States. The subways were full of signs saying, "The family that prays together stays together." It was a horrible time to be a non-conformist.

With rare exceptions, culture in the 1950's was homogenized, stifling, and pre-packaged. The greatest attempted rebellion against 1950's conformity -- rock 'n' roll -- was viciously attacked and denigrated, and by the time Buddy Holly died in 1959, it had been almost wiped out in the US. By the end of the 50's, Mad Magazine and off-Broadway theater were almost the only surviving pockets of sanity.

I could go on far longer than I have -- but I think I've made my point, that despite the attempts of revisionist historians, I can see almost nothing good to say about Eisenhower.

[Birthmark]

40. Teddy Roosevelt

Despite his shortcomings, he was a leader.

[cosmicdot]

42. TR

[dweller]

43. i'd vote for

greatauntoftriplets and jfkennedy's choices, but not on this poll.
try posting a 'what Democratic candidate would you vote for' with a choice of 1900-present Democratic candidates over at freeperville.

see if you survive a single tally.

have fun tho.
dp

[BeatleBoot]

44. None of the Above

Nor a Green - ever.


Bush is a Fink and Cheney Sleeps with a Nightlite

[burr]

45. Why lump Taft, Mckinley, and T.R. together?

Why not Nixon and Ford, Reagan and Bush...or Harding, Cooledge, and Hoover?

The only Republican that would be up to the challenge of the 21st century would Roosevelt. And he would be fighting the immoralism and godly attitude of corporate America, using the "Rough Riders" to chase down terrorists, and protecting our Natural Resources from being exploited by corporations.

He's no Democrat, but he would be the most qualified on that list to handle today's problems.

[Shanty Oilish]

47. GWB obviously

He's the only one I'm sure would not win. :)

[xJlM]

48. None of the above?

Sorry, but I think I'd have to abstain...

[MiltonLeBerle]

49. What, no Abe Lincoln choice?

I went with TDR.

[Lady President]

50. McKinley

He and my great-grandfather were in the same Masons chapter. Seeing how I'm currently unemployed, that would be my chance to capitalize on "it's who you know." Seriously, if I had to choose, I'd pick McKinley or Taft because they both went out of their way to give Ohio a little extra help and we need it now.

[burr]

69. Does this make you a Kucinich backer?

nt

[John_H]

51. half of those guys wouldn't vote for a modern Republican

Hell, even Barry Goldwater would laugh his ass of if you'd have told him a sick puppy like Tom Delay would be running the Rethug party.

[UrbScotty]

53. Teddy Roosevelt

I bet you he would be a Democrat today.

[UrbScotty]

55. You forgot Lieberman!

Just kidding.

:-)

[Emboldened Chimp]

56. Teddy, of course

But what I wanna know is, who are the 6 jerkoffs who voted for the Chimp? C'mon, Freeps, show yourselves, you wimps.

[LightTheMatch]

57. Roosevelt!!

National Parks, what can I say??

[leftwingnut]

58. i voted for teddy nt

eom

[LTR]

60. In order

1. TR - Going back when the Republicans were the liberal party (yes, there was a time.)

(Hon. mention to Taft and McKinley, who were also good presidents)

2. Ike - Intelligent, good leader, moderate

3. Ford - Was right to pardon Nixon. Felt that persecuting him would tear the nation apart. Really helped to heal the nation. Honest man. Last of the mildly progressive Republicans.

4. Coolidge - Hey, he looks like Conan O'Brien!

5. Reagan - Liked him over Mondale in '84 (yes, I admit that!). I just thought Mondale was a flake. Only time I veered away from a Democrat in the presidential election.

6. Hoover - Way over his head in the Depression, but has done many important things outside of the presidency.

7. The rest are shit.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

61. Teddy Roosevelt of course.

Besides Abraham Lincoln he was the only Republican president worth a shit.

Okay. I'll give Ike and Gerald Ford a gentleman's C.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

65. Teddy Roosevelt

[Josh]

67. Voted for TR

nt.

[ScreamingMeemie]

68. Teddy

[newyawker99]

70. Another vote for TR!

:D

[CoffeePlease1947]

71. Teddy

He is a man that did a great deal for our country. He also realized he was better than the Republicans and changed Parties.

Mike

[Quahog]

72. Lincoln Chafee

Still can't figure out why my man Linc is a rethug, but if he chose to run for president I would give him serious consideration. He is far more liberal than some of the Dems running this year.