http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/presidents/ en-us Tue, 7 Oct 2008 20:10:37 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2099828/posts Johan Norberg, on his blog JohanNorberg.net, points out the Democratic intervention that caused the financial crisis SOME milestones in the prehistory of the crisis. 1933: As part of the New Deal, investment banks are stopped from also acting as commercial banks (which would have given them bank deposits and more stability). 1938: As part of the New Deal, president (Franklin D.) Roosevelt creates Fannie Mae and in 1970 Congress creates Freddie Mac. With their implicit government guarantees they can offer cheaper loans and expand until they dominate the American mortgage market. 1989: The American government step(s) in and pay(s) for... THE AUSTRALIAN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2099828/posts#comment Tue, 7 Oct 2008 20:10:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2090641/posts As everyone knows the Wall Street crash of 1929 ushered in a period of profound and unprecedented hardship for the American people. Then president of the United States, Herbert Hoover fought valiantly to keep the government from wading into the financial crisis tried in vain to let the markets self-correct. For his efforts, Hoover was castigated as a do-nothing president, a failed leader, a man who allowed his nation to wither for the sake of ideological purity and a lack of compassion. Unemployment soared, commerce ground to a halt, and thousands of Americans found themselves waiting in soup lines and... GOPublius.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2090641/posts#comment Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:13:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086216/posts Sources: Intense Pressure Led To Palin UN Snub CBS 2 HD Has Learned Democrats Threatened To Attack Jewish Groups' Tax Exempt Status Over VP Nominee Invite Reporting Marcia Kramer NEW YORK (CBS) ― Hillary Clinton won't be speaking at Monday's anti-Iran rally at the United Nations -- and neither will Republican Sarah Palin or any other politicians for that matter. The reason? A heated behind the scenes tug-of-war. Sources tell CBS 2 HD that a decision to disinvite Palin from the high profile rally after Clinton pulled out in a huff came as the result of intense pressure from Democrats.... WCBSTV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086216/posts#comment Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:02:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/591798/posts Carter Sold out Iran – 1977-1978 As if a light were switched off, the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlevi, portrayed for 20 years as a progressive modern ruler by Islamic standards, was suddenly, in 1977-1978, turned into this foaming at the mouth monster by the international left media. Soon after becoming President in 1977, Jimmy Carter launched a deliberate campaign to undermine the Shah. The Soviets and their left-wing apparatchiks would coordinate with Carter by smearing the Shah in a campaign of lies meant to topple his throne. The result would be the establishment of a Marxist/Islamic state in ... Chuckmorse.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/591798/posts#comment Sun, 16 Dec 2001 21:25:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2080482/posts I keep hearing the lefty commies cringe at any mention of God, as if Palin is a wacko. Who can help direct me to a list of quotes from past Presidents or other historical figures, esp. dems, who have mentioned God, faith and such? Maybe there is a list here already. Thanks http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2080482/posts#comment Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:35:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079535/posts A week ago I saw this Letter to the Editor in the Wall Street Journal Daniel Younger Itasca, Texas Under 45, lover of the outdoors, a Republican reformer who has taken on the Republican Party establishment, has many children, and a spot on the national ticket as vice president with less than two years in the governor's office -- you describe Teddy Roosevelt in 1900 and Sarah Palin in 2008. And it inspired me to post this thread: Original Thread HereWho Am I? I am under 45 years old, I love the outdoors, I hunt, I am a Republican reformer,... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079535/posts#comment Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:38:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079538/posts The John F. Kennedy legacy came up repeatedly during the Democratic National Convention. But today, would JFK even be a Democrat? Kennedy supported, in today's lexicon, a George W. Bush-like "belligerent" approach to fighting the Cold War, and told CBS' Walter Cronkite it would be "a great mistake" to withdraw the American presence from Vietnam. In his 1961 inaugural speech, Kennedy said, "Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079538/posts#comment Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:42:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075698/posts You won't be hearing the Democratic chattering class mention that Woodrow Wilson had only 2 years of executive experience as a governor. No! You won't be hearing that he was nominated and elected President (and Sarah Palin is nominated for vice-president!) with zero foreign policy experience. So, next time the talking heads take off after Sarah Palin, somebody should merely say two words: Woodrow Wilson. The central point is obvious: John McCain is the GOP nominee for President, but even if you succumb to their scare tactic that Sarah Palin is only "a heartbeat away"....simply counter-argue with two words: Woodrow... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075698/posts#comment Sat, 6 Sep 2008 00:34:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070891/posts Theodore Roosevelt was elected Vice President of the United States (with McKinley as President) on November 6, 1900. Prior to becoming VP, Roosevelt had served in a few municipal offices in NYC and as a U.S. Civil Service Commissioner in Washington, D.C. (The latter was not an elected office.) He then served as Police Commissioner of NYC. In 1987-88, he served briefly as an Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Roosevelt became Governor of NY on December 31, 1898. He was elected Vice President of the United States less than two years later (on November 6, 1900). On September 6, 1901,... Theodore Roosevelt.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070891/posts#comment Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:26:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070664/posts Most history books written by Democrat professors downplay the fact that the Worst President Ever was a Democrat. Did the Democrats nominate him? No, he was the 1864 Republican nominee for vice president.Andrew Johnson – Andrew Jackson Johnson, to be precise – was the only southern Senator not to go with the Confederacy. For being strong on nation security, this hardline Democrat was nominated to be Abraham Lincoln's 1864 running mate. // continued at http://grandoldpartisan.typepad.com/blog/2008/08/andrew-johnson.html The GOPNation.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070664/posts#comment Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:28:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069129/posts Lyndon Baines Johnson, born 100 years ago this week, came from a part of the country where Jews were about as common as a herd of cattle in Manhattan. But in 1939, while still a young and relatively powerless congressman, Johnson was moved enough by reports of Jewish suffering in Europe to begin raising money and pulling whatever strings were necessary - not all of them legal - to save as many Jews as he could from the Nazis. Over the next few years, hundreds of Jews were issued counterfeit passports and visas and brought to Johnson's home state of... Jewish Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069129/posts#comment Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:59:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068221/posts Poof. Just like that, he was gone. With all the focus on Ted Kennedy and Michelle Obama's speeches before a roused audience last night, little attention was given to Jimmy Carter, who also appeared on the stage at the Pepsi Center on the opening night of the Democratic National Convention. This was by design. In the four years since the former Democratic president took the stage in Boston in 2004, 14 members of his Carter Center resigned in protest after he published a book comparing Israel's treatment of the Palestinians to the treatment of blacks in South Africa under apartheid,... American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068221/posts#comment Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:56:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067355/posts Our Troops Rock!  Thank you for all you do!   For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.   Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today!     ~ Hall of Heroes ~ Theodore RooseveltAll info and photos from this website.             On July 1, 1898, exposed as the only man on horseback, a target above the rest of the troops on foot, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt found his "crowded hour" as he led charges at Kettle Hill and San Juan Heights during... Linked in Thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067355/posts#comment Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065200/posts structure (not words) changed for clear reading) “No American natural history was more influential during the 18th century than Thomas Jefferson's (1743-1826) Notes on the State of Virginia, though it is, as intended, far more than a simple natural history. At once a description of the land and people of the state and a theoretical discourse on historical, natural, and political systems, the Notes represents Jefferson's conflicted views on the present and future of the new American nation, an integral mix of hope and anxiety. “Jefferson's Notes began inauspiciously during the late autumn, 1780, when François de Barbé Marbois, the... University of Virginia, American Philosophy Society http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065200/posts#comment Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:10:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2061410/posts I was with some friends and the subject of presidents got brought up. They all proceeded to to give their highly educated /s opinions on who was the worst and why: Reagan because he was a capitalist pig; Bush because he is an imperialistic fascist; Hoover because he was laissez faire (which isn't true). They became enraged that I could even suggest the FDR was anything short of the savior of mankind and that because I was black I had an obligation to vote for Obama. So I'm wondering, who do you think is the worst or most overrated president? Me http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2061410/posts#comment Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:49:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059714/posts Full Article at Political Capital Before you read this article, take a couple steps back from your political opinions - because I can already hear the partisan bickering. I want you to approach this and analyze it in an antiseptic, neutral way - regardless of whether you are a Bush lover or Bush hater. I think both camps will find things to love, and hate in this article. But, reserve judgment please - because this is an article about how history will remember George W. Bush, it is not a political judgment on his presidency. Indeed, you will find several... Political Capital http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059714/posts#comment Mon, 11 Aug 2008 03:04:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059332/posts WASHINGTON — Former President Ford secretly advised the FBI that two of his fellow members on the Warren Commission doubted the FBI's conclusion that John F. Kennedy was shot from the sixth floor of the Texas Book Depository in Dallas, according to newly released records from Ford's FBI files. Ford, still a congressman at the time, also told a senior FBI official about internal panel disputes over hiring staff, Chief Justice Earl Warren's timetable for completing the final report on the assassination and what panel members said about the FBI. In turn, Assistant FBI Director Cartha "Deke" DeLoach confidentially advised... Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059332/posts#comment Sun, 10 Aug 2008 06:11:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057869/posts Most Americans remain utterly ignorant of this nation’s first foreign war but that exotic, long-ago struggle set the pattern for nearly all the many distant conflicts that followed. Refusal to confront the lessons of the First Barbary War (1801-1805) has led to some of the silliest arguments concerning Iraq and Afghanistan, and any effort to apply traditional American values to our future foreign policy requires an understanding of this all-but-forgotten episode from our past. The war against the Barbary States of North Africa (Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli—today’s Libya) involved commitment and sacrifice far from home and in no way involved... Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057869/posts#comment Thu, 7 Aug 2008 05:55:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055170/posts On 27 occasions, presidents have called both houses into session to deal with a crisis. The most recent of these special sessions -- and the first one since 1856 -- met at the behest of President Harry S. Truman on this day in 1948. With less than four months remaining before Election Day, Truman's approval rating stood at 36 percent. His GOP opponent, New York Gov. Thomas Dewey, looked like a sure winner. So in search of a bold political gesture, the president turned to the provision in the Constitution that allows the president "on extraordinary occasions" to convene one... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055170/posts#comment Sat, 2 Aug 2008 00:13:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2054990/posts Obama accuses Republicans of trying to make voters afraid of him because he's "not like all those other presidents on the dollar bills." Be careful what you wish for, Barry, because you are likely to get it. (If you want to use this, please COPY and don't LINK; it uses my bandwidth.) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2054990/posts#comment Fri, 1 Aug 2008 17:49:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2054722/posts Facing an Overweight Electorate, Barack Obama Might Find Low Body Fat a Drawback (snip) But in a nation in which 66% of the voting-age population is overweight and 32% is obese, could Sen. Obama's skinniness be a liability? Despite his visits to waffle houses, ice-cream parlors and greasy-spoon diners around the country, his slim physique just might have some Americans wondering whether he is truly like them. The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2054722/posts#comment Fri, 1 Aug 2008 05:31:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051574/posts Old Right War Lessons by Donald Devine Issue 112 - July 23, 2008 “Every man holds his property subject to the general right of the community to regulate its use to whatever degree the public welfare may require it.”“America was created to break every kind of monopoly and to set men free upon a footing of equality.” Are these anti-property and pro-equality quotes from Marx or Lenin? In fact, they are from two U.S. presidents, the first from Theodore Roosevelt and the second by Woodrow Wilson, the fathers of American progressivism, the radical doctrine that explicitly broke with the philosophy... American Conservative Union Foundation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051574/posts#comment Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:24:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051567/posts Woodrow Wilson's Constitution by Robert Curry Issue 112 - July 23, 2008 Justly revered as our great Constitution is, it could be stripped off and thrown aside like a garment, and the nation would still stand forth in the living vestment of flesh and sinew, warm with the heart-blood of one people, ready to recreate constitutions and laws. ... Woodrow Wilson Justly revered, but not by Wilson. He really did want to cast it aside, writing “no doubt a great deal of nonsense has been talked about the inalienable rights of the individual, and a great deal that was mere... American Conservative Union Foundation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051567/posts#comment Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:09:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050299/posts National Security: In 1962 the Soviets tested a young American president by putting nuclear missiles 90 miles from Florida. Barack Obama fancies himself the next JFK. He may get to find out.In June 1961, a young and ambitious President Kennedy met with Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna, Austria, to discuss Cold War issues, particularly the situation in Berlin. Khrushchev came away unimpressed, convinced the young Kennedy could be had. Two months later the Berlin Wall was going up. By the following spring the Soviet leader was making plans for installing nuclear missiles in Cuba. Kennedy quickly found out that "aggressive personal... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050299/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:55:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050086/posts Polish authorities have erected a monument to US president Ronald Reagan, feted for his crusade against communism and seen by some as having hastened the collapse of the Soviet bloc, reports said Tuesday. Officials in the south-west city of Wroclaw unveiled the monument to the Hollywood actor-turned-president, apparently the first of its kind in Europe, Poland's centrist Dziennik daily reported Tuesday. "To Ronald Reagan for his struggle against totalitarianism -- from the residents of Wroclaw," reads the caption on the relief plaque erected at an intersection in the city bearing Reagan's name. During his two terms as president between 1981-1989,... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050086/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:22:33 GMT