It was the heat of the moment....

Last night at dinner, a lively discussion arose about the top three presidents of all time. It's one of those debates that probably only happens on the CMC campus, y'know, with all of those Govt. majors who delusionally think that they're going to go into politics. Anyway, after this fine oratorical commentary, I decided to write a little bit about my own list of the TOP 5 PRESIDENTS OF ALL TIME. This may sound eerily close to the "Top 5" lists that John Cusack kept making in High Fidelity. Actually, that's pretty much what it is. I have seen the movie/read the book so often that I consider myself to be akin to that character. My life may end up being a rip-off of that movie/book. Which really, when you think about it, isn't that bad. Your life could be an homage to "St. Elmo's Fire."
#1. Abe Lincoln

Why is Honest Abe number one on this countdown?....or is a countup since I started with #1? Well, a lot of people would reference that whole "emancipation proclamation" thing and that "13th ammendment" whatnot. Sure, that doesn't count against him. But what I love about Abe Lincoln is that he was 100% man. He knew how to box. He was the tallest president (and that's pretty impressive). If you decided to take him on in a fight, you'd lose. You'd have a snowball's chance in hell. You'd have a democrat's chance in Texas.
And Lincoln used that strategy when giving the proverbial "Fuck you" to the South. What's that? You've got a cotton gin? You believe in state's rights? You started the bloody Kansas-Nebraska act which violated the Missouri Compromise? Eli Whitney is your god down there? IT DIDN'T MATTER TO LINCOLN. He had so little respect for the Confederacy that he selected a complete drunkard as his general.
And for that reason, he's #1.

#2. Josiah Barlet

Could any other president walk and banter at the same time like Jed Bartlet? Exactly.

I would continue with this blog entry and talk about Ronald Reagan, Andrew Jackson and Bill Pullman in 'Independence Day.' But in the process of typing, I discovered that former WWE champion Eddie Guerrero has passed away. Yep. That is all.

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Anonymous said…

I hope you don't really think that Andrew Jackson is the best president ever. He is clearly far inferior to Taft (the only president ever to get stuck in a bathtub).

November 23, 2005 at 1:46 PM

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