tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870143465614132758.post8827654815194729827..comments2023-06-25T04:43:54.742-07:00Comments on Test5 testing: Graphic comparison of US Presidents' popularityPaul Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00525444717679391831noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870143465614132758.post-67591987930061965352009-02-16T14:35:00.000-08:002009-02-16T14:35:00.000-08:00I can tell your geographical location Mr.:-P. Abra...I can tell your geographical location Mr.:-P. Abraham Lincoln has been voted countless times as the most popular president of all time.<br><br>Rev. John P. McFaddenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870143465614132758.post-17163253348111219482007-06-18T09:54:00.000-07:002007-06-18T09:54:00.000-07:00Thank you for those interesting and informed obser...Thank you for those interesting and informed observations, TristanPaulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00525444717679391831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870143465614132758.post-46799699820328248142007-06-18T09:42:00.000-07:002007-06-18T09:42:00.000-07:00Thought that would be all the presidents...My favo...Thought that would be all the presidents...<br>My favourites are Jefferson and Van Buren - I'm at heart a Jeffersonian, individual freedom, limited power of the state. Van Buren tried to continue that tradition and did a wonderfully small amount of exercise of executive power.<br><br>My least favourite is Lincoln - he was a centraliser who used slavery to justify his war against the Confederacy which seceded over trade and state's rights (many of the leaders of the Confederacy were anti-slavery and the slave owners tended to be pro-Union).<br>He was not bothered by slavery (most anti-slavery activists wanted the north to secede whereas for Lincoln the Federal State was all and he would enshrine slavery in the constitution to keep the union together).<br>The US has never recovered from the Civil War. State's rights have been reduced to pure theory, the Federal government is almost all powerful and where it cannot legislate it uses threats and bribery.<br><br>Oops, a bit of a rant there :-pTristanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15395992764678278326noreply@blogger.com