Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Politics and Other Controversies
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
View Poll Results: Is Obama America's Most Radical President in History?
yes 37 41.57%
no 50 56.18%
other 0 0%
not sure 2 2.25%
Voters: 89. You may not vote on this poll

Reply Start New Thread
 
Old 04-10-2010, 02:31 PM
 
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
7,731 posts, read 13,398,015 times
Reputation: 5983

Advertisements

Quote:
Originally Posted by KevK View Post
Americas Most Radical Presidents (In Order). Presidents who changed the status quo and the trajectory of the country.

1. George Washington (by far)
2. FDR
3. Abe Lincoln
4. LBJ
5. Reagan
6. Eisenhower
How were Reagan and Eisenhower radical?
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 04-10-2010, 10:00 PM
 
7,330 posts, read 15,328,851 times
Reputation: 3800
Quote:
Originally Posted by stevemorse View Post
who would you pick?
Lincoln comes to mind. FDR. Maybe LBJ. As he represented the "radical Reconstruction" and the time period was just such an extreme time of flux, Grant could be up there (though Andrew Johnson, oddly, was impeached, in large part, because he was not radical enough... ).


If you define "radical" as "favoring drastic change" (which many dictionaries do), I can see the case for Washington, by virtue of his existence, if not his policy choices.

Furthermore, the "drastic change" angle could mean that Reagan, Nixon, GWB, and many others might qualify (though I think the latter would be a stretch).

Furthermore, looking past rhetoric and and policy, I just don't know if I see how the case could be made for Obama. At least not yet. Maybe after a term or two.

That is, unless we're talking about "radical" in terms of intent. If we are.... that really opens things up.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 04-10-2010, 11:14 PM
 
Location: Long Beach
2,347 posts, read 2,774,022 times
Reputation: 931
Quote:
Originally Posted by DraggingCanoe View Post
If any nation wants to attack the US with a deadly chemical or biological weapons.. Obama said..no matter..as long as you adhere to the Non-Proliferation Treaty and have no nukes we will not harm you with nuclear bombs. Nukes are bad. America is bad.

As thousands of Americans in a major city are gagging and their lungs are on fire from mustard gas and millions are dying in the streets..from a biological attack..the offending country need not worry being attacked with a nuclear weapon because of the Obama Doctrine..

The people now know the Obama government will not use nuclear weapons to retaliate against their murderers.

This is insanity. He is the most radical.

It sounds as if you have information pertaining to an imminent attack. Maybe you should go to the CIA or FBI and warn them. Better yet shoot an email over to Glenn Beck so he can warn the masses.

No sir, this is insanity.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 04-11-2010, 02:22 AM
 
6,734 posts, read 9,313,798 times
Reputation: 1857
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sunny-Days90 View Post
Yes.

This one is not even close. He is by far the most radical loose cannon ever.
Did you get that off of a bumper sticker

You're so wrong. He's center right.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 04-11-2010, 03:06 AM
 
9,408 posts, read 11,887,843 times
Reputation: 12439
I do not like Obama, but no, he is not the most radical. Just off the top of my head, I'd vote Lincoln.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 04-11-2010, 10:15 AM
 
Location: Chandler, AZ
5,800 posts, read 6,541,120 times
Reputation: 3151
He fired the President of a major corporation, and I don't recall Nixon or FDR doing that.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 04-11-2010, 10:19 AM
 
6,734 posts, read 9,313,798 times
Reputation: 1857
Quote:
Originally Posted by Marv101 View Post
He fired the President of a major corporation, and I don't recall Nixon or FDR doing that.
Good thing they did....now they're profitable....them Dems know business!
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 04-11-2010, 12:01 PM
 
Location: Austin
4,105 posts, read 8,263,791 times
Reputation: 2134
I think GWB was a lot more radical than Obama. Invading a sovereign nation that did nothing to harm us and overthrowing its government was a very, very radical departure from the principles this nation was founded on.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 04-11-2010, 01:07 PM
 
Location: east of my daughter-north of my son
1,928 posts, read 3,632,567 times
Reputation: 888
My parents, who lived through the Great Depression and WWII and lived through the last Bush administration thought FDR was the best President. He took this country and changed it for the better. Yes, maybe he was radical, but people went back to work and the "great American dream" started.

How that is socialism I don't know. But unless you live through something, you don't fully understand it.

So I say FDR. And that's in a positve way.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 04-11-2010, 01:09 PM
 
8,762 posts, read 11,542,800 times
Reputation: 3398
You should have made this poll public. Who knows how many insane righty tighties made up fake IDs to vote?

To the "37" people who voted "yes", you are insane and pathetic to say the least. Guess you werent paying attention during George Dubya Years.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:


Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Politics and Other Controversies
Similar Threads

All times are GMT -6.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top