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To: epicure who wrote (16802)	1/24/1998 12:53:00 AM
From: Lady Lurksalot	Respond to of 108807

Alexa, Please, don't stop! Tell us what you think of of Calvin Coolidge? BTW, I couldn't stand Bush but loved Eisenhower. Ford was okay, but made grand fodder for the political cartoonists of the day and is probably best remembered for that WIN thing. Best not get me started on FDR, JFK and LBJ. Come to think of it, I don't believe anyone has mentioned LBJ in this discussion. Now that IS odd. Holly

To: epicure who wrote (16802)	1/24/1998 2:02:00 AM
From: Douglas V. Fant	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

Alexa, Presidents Roosevelt and Reagan will (justifiably) go down in history as the two greatest Presidents of the 20th Century..... Sincerely, Doug F.

To: epicure who wrote (16802)	1/24/1998 2:36:00 AM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

I guess we all have our favorites. My feeling is Reagan was a great speaker, and changed the direction of the country for the better with his idea's of less government and more entrapaneurship. I shudder to think what kinds of social programs we would have if Tip O Neil and company were left to their own agenda. Reagans fault was he really believed in giving people a broad direction in philosophy and letting them do their own thing. Sometimes this worked well, other times it got him in trouble. The whole issue of the media making him out as someone who would blow up the world was a sham. The media hated Reagon. The media's philosophy of more and more government were in direct odds with the Reagan agenda. Remember all the stories about homelessness and people being thrown out on the street. It was a circus. Funny how those stories have died down the last few years. I guess homelessness has just disapeared or something. Jimmy Carter ran things pathetically. We were the laughing stock of the world during the Iranian Hostage crisis. He had no guts to make the tough decisions. He was honest though, and I believe to his credit. Bush was a good man. He just wanted to get along with everyone. So he allowed himself to compromise his core belief's in Tax rates. Big mistake, the media killed him over it. He made the tough calls during the Gulf War though. He had guts. Nixon was paranoid I agree. Much too much so. He insulated himself too much from the public too. He was a great strategist on foreign affairs. I read his book, it was pretty impressive. His economics were all wrong for the times. Remember fixed pricing? What a crock that was. He believed if he ordered it, it would happen in the private sector. His economic advisors stunk. It took Reagon to get people to start believing that you can't steer a mighty economy like the U.S. It's to big a ship. What you need to do is get government as far away as possible from the business sector and let them do their thing. We still fight this battle today. Mike

To: epicure who wrote (16802)	1/26/1998 4:46:00 PM
From: Zoltan!	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 108807

Actually, you are a certified moron. But that's ok because you have feelings. Yikes, what a dope!

To: epicure who wrote (16802)	6/6/1998 11:49:00 AM
From: Father Terrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

X: I was just forwarded this post you made to Mike Cummings 1/24/98 [Feelings]: "I liked Wilson. What a guy." "I don't like FDR, I don't like what he did to enlarge the federal govm't but if he hadn't done it would we have gone communist or socialist?" But we DID "go" socialist! It started with Wilson and was vastly accelerated by the closest thing we ever had to an American dictator, FDR. What do you think trillions of dollars have gone into over the past 60 years? Much of it into SOCIAList programs. Redistribution of wealth is yet another socialist agenda, and confiscation of earned income (IRS) is a socialistic tool as well and actually illegal in a country that was built on personal liberty and property rights. You know you remind me of another person who used to post here. I haven't heard from her in quite a while. Her name was "Alexa". Father Terrence