P.S. Yeah, I know he wasn't the LAST Deep Southerner. But it took over 100 years for another to come into office. Also, he is the last Deep Southener I will be reviewing.

He's one of my favorites. Right up there next to Harrison. My justification for that is 'a government that governs least, governs best.'

Heh. By that philosophy, Harrison was the greatest president in U.S. history!

P.S. Yeah, I know he wasn't the LAST Deep Southerner. But it took over 100 years for another to come into office. Also, he is the last Deep Southener I will be reviewing.

P.p.s.  Virginia is not deep south, and we still claim Wilson!

Ok, Answer Latour.  he did say that REAGAN WAS A GREAT PRESIDENT ()

Now on to your article. very good, and I see your dilemna.  How to rank the footnotes!  I am glad I am not you, and will let this one stand as is.  He could have been (should have been), but death prevented him from being a good or great.  That he served a year I guess he had to be ranked.

As a foot note, he was the last slave holding president.  The end was near, even for the south.  They knew it, some just would not let it go.

Tough call, but then that is the mark of greatness.  Making them.

Good call.

I like Wilson. And did ya have to mention Carter? Ouch. As a diplomat, maybe. But as a president? Bleh.....

If you're going to remember Taylor though, you have to mention the most important thing he did, even if it was just prior to his presidential campaign (in fact it's largely what got him elected.) He kicked Santa Anna's ass through old Monterey, and all the way down to Mexico City. He's a major part of the reason that we have the Western third of the U.S. today. (I'm not going to count the strip south of the Nueces, we held that pretty good even when the Republic of Texas fell apart...)

Bwahahahaha, and thank you.

You are going to torment NJ through all these series aren't you?

I guess I am going to have to give him some more insighfuls to compensate for your torment! Have at it Gen Patton!

You are going to torment NJ through all these series aren't you?

Why would anyone think otherwise?

Wow, I go away for a few hours and look what happens! Where to begin...

Latour:

Out of curiosity, do you have the rankings sorted out before you write them. Like do you already have a list of rankings with all of them on there, and you write later? Or do you just make them up as you go along?

I'm making them up as I go along. I consider every other president when ranking, though I rarely ever give them a concrete ranking before the article.

Dr. Guy:

P.p.s. Virginia is not deep south, and we still claim Wilson!

I thought so, but my source claims it to be so. Hm, I think officially Wilson was "of New Jersey," even though he was a Virginian, which would be how Carter would be the next one.

Now on to your article. very good, and I see your dilemna. How to rank the footnotes! I am glad I am not you, and will let this one stand as is. He could have been (should have been), but death prevented him from being a good or great. That he served a year I guess he had to be ranked.

Yes, he could have been great, but we will never know for sure. Sadly, he is confined to the area of "do-nothings" along with Tyler. And, as I said before, only Harrison and Garfield did too little to be ranked.

Rules are Rules and NJ is being very good at ranking them for what they did in the office, not before or after. I totally agree with you, but that was before.

Thank you.

SPC Nobody Special:

I like Wilson. And did ya have to mention Carter? Ouch. As a diplomat, maybe. But as a president? Bleh.....

I like Wilson as well. Sorry, it will be the last mention of Carter in the series.

If you're going to remember Taylor though, you have to mention the most important thing he did, even if it was just prior to his presidential campaign

As Dr. Guy explained, I'm only concentrationg on their terms in office here. However, if you go to the Polk article, you will find him in my brief account of the war.

Damn it, you've been busy since I last checked!

Heh, sorry. If it's any consolation, production has stalled for a couple of days. Maybe I'll write one tonight.

A great history lesson for a foreigner like me.

Thanks. Educating the few masses who read them was my intent with these.

Dr. Guy, I thought I debunked your romantic notion that history is the result of the actions of great men. No one man can be "great", as it takes a village, a collective will to accomplish anything that can be considered as great. Dr. King and Gandhi- men who accomplished more than any general- are naturally exceptions to the proposition that suppossed "great men" merely ride the tide of history. This is especially so of white-males who are not billionaires.

In case you didn't notice, I'm the one who writes these. Again, presidents can only be put into power by the collective will of the nation. However, as they are the ones who get things done, they can be great. And believe it or not, history IS the result of the actions of great men. Very often you will find the decision of one man drastically changed history. One man's existence has often changed the course of history.

What is the basis for the white-male superiority complex? First, as athletes they are rank at the bottom. Furthermore, as a group they are responsible for most of the horrors that have occurred throughout history. They will not even apologize for the considerable pain and suffering that they have caused minorities and women. Bill Clinton is probably the only white male who is not a flat out hypocrite. As a good Christian, Bill came clean when he asked for forgiveness. All white males would do well to follow in Bill's footsteps in light of the exemplary life he has led.

I sees a troll!

NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! That was taken out of context! I read Noam Chomsky, for crying out loud!

Hehe. Calm down there Latour.

Truth be told, after reading up more on Reagan, my attitude towards him has cooled somewhat.