• Lodespawn@aussie.zone
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    16 hours ago

    I can’t believe Truman and Nixon got ranked C and Eisenhower got an F. I mean Eisenhower slaughtered a lot of people and oversaw the US drop an unbelievable amount of explosives on people, but he at least recognised the evil he had unleashed and felt sorrow for what his legacy was.

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      9 hours ago

      Yeah but Eisenhower looks like a crazy person in his portrait, and Nixon looks intelligent. That’s all they were ranking it on.

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        9 hours ago

        Surely then GWB should rank higher, he’s actually smiling, and FDR looks like whatever soul he had has been crushed into oblivion

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        Right? He was a president who came out of the military during WW2. Not sure what people expected, a conscientious objector? The times got what the times were, no other kind of person would have been elected so soon postwar. Heck, he even advised that gunhappy ass MacArthur not to get involved in the Bonus Army debacle and pushed back against McCarthyism. Eisenhower, as much as he could, wanted to rein in the MIC in his “Chance for Peace” speech. Balanced against any modern president’s failings and with his social and public works programs I think the vast majority of people would find it a relief to have a president like him today.

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        14 hours ago

        Truman was a schlub backwater senator who should never have been a contender for the primary but ended up robbing the US of George Wallace

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      17 hours ago

      Not that I care a lot, but putting GW above HW is a wild take. They both sucked, but only one of them ate paste and called his teacher “mom.”

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        16 hours ago

        Really depends. The title says it’s by how much it looks like they have a soul behind them eyes. W looks like he’s got one. And that’s what made him as dangerous as he was. “I wanna have a beer with the man!”

        Go have a fucking beer with him, then, but don’t give him access to the fucking oval Office!

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          13 hours ago

          You are correct that I wanted this ranking to be independent of any actual knowledge and instead solely off of surface level reading of their appearance

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            7 hours ago

            In that case, I think you did a good job. Though I’d probably have place Ike higher. He looks like he has a soul to me. A weird one. Like a soul that buys used undies from vending machines lol

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    16 hours ago

    Is that Taft in the S tier? And Teddy Roosevelt? Funny considering they had a falling out in 1912(?). Taft set a high bar for President. Probably the 2nd best President of the 20th century (FDR being the 1st). Back when the US had decent politicians.

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      16 hours ago

      Weird, it’s almost like capitalism ruins everything. GET THE MONEY OUT OF POLITICS. Before it kills us all…

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      Idk about taft, Roosevelt was hands down the man. We need him now. Fucking now!

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        Taft was a senator, the President, and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He was very active in busting up monopolies. He was responsible for the direct elections of senators. He was a dedicated jurist and a true American intellectual. But the only thing he gets rembered for is being 300lbs. And having a bigger bathtub installed in the White House.

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          Because racism existed fdr is chppped liver in your book got it. Great analysis if you have shit for brains, which you do apparently.

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            Oh? If were are making absurd, unfounded claims, then im gonna label you a racist. 🙂

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      13 hours ago

      I need data correlating my soul read to their presidential aptitude and measured ethicality

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    16 hours ago

    Ike had a bunch of problems and I know its about looks but seeing him next to Trump seems so incorrect

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      13 hours ago

      Truman’s glasses make him an enigma, perfectly balanced in the imperceptible centerpoint of C tier

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    12 hours ago

    Bush belongs in the worst category gtfo. Fucking piece of shit through and through. Fuck him.

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        12 hours ago

        Praytell what is it measuring then? Fuck bush junior. Bush senior wasn’t bad actually, he’s ,more progressive than democrats nowadays. Fucing shitshow hereabouts.

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          7 hours ago

          It’s literally the title of the post

          Bush was indeed a war criminal and needs to be in prison but hard to say his eyes are soulless

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          It’s in the title

          how much of a soul it looks like they have behind those eyes