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Originally posted by Displaced Flames fan@Aug 8 2005, 12:11 AM
I'm surprised Reagan was picked as the greatest American too. I would've thought Kennedy would be the popular choice.
I like Lincoln or King as the greatest. I would push for Jefferson as well, except for the fact he was a slave owner.
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Kennedy made a lot of huge mis-steps in my mind, somebody mentioned the invasion and blockade of Cuba, which was b huge cluster -**** and extended the cold war by 30 years, when Kruschev (sorry, can never spell his name) was actually trying to thaw the cold war while gutting his military. In my mind he was a great speechmaker but a pretty bad president in terms of his foreign policy.
Reagan, I've always had a ton of respect for, he pretty much forced the Warsaw pact to blink and crumble, worked for the re-unification of Germany, and helped his own country recover from the malaise of the Vietnam war. I'd definately rank Reagan as a top 5 president.