HAPPY PRESIDENTS DAY, DUDES! It’s the day we reflect on possibly the hardest job in the country—if you don’t count the jizz mopper over at Mr. Peeps. While the most popular presidents are on the tips of our tongues today, what about the more mediocre ones? It’s time to tip our hats to this fairly sizable group of so-so leaders by holding our own election. So get ready to exercise your most precious right as an American by voting for which mediocre president you’d prefer if you were forced at gunpoint to vote for one!
A GUN IS TO YOUR HEAD. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SO-SO AMERICAN PRESIDENTS WOULD YOU VOTE FOR TODAY?
As always, the result of all Blogtown polls are scientifically and legally binding. Defend your answer in the comments, American!
Dirty Ford lovers, Taft all the way.
I’m on the Taft bandwagon! Fattest president in American history
Taft was also our last President with facial hair.
Warren G partially redeemed himself later in his career, when he mounted up his regulators, hooked a left on the 21 and Lewis, saw some brother’s shooting dice, and said “let’s do this.”
@CC COTW !!!!!!
I’m related to Zachary Taylor!
According to wikiepeda, he was the last president to hold slaves while in office.
And just before becoming prez, he totally crushed the Mexicans and conquered all kinds of the SW for us Americans. RESPECT!
I’d vote for Ford because Saturday Night Live was really good while he was in office.
While we’re playing “I’m related,” I recently found out I’m a distant cousin to Dwight D. Eisenhower. He saved Western Europe, called out the military-industrial complex, and had a cool nickname. This also means, however, that I’m related to three of Richard Nixon’s grandchildren.
Eisenhower and Nixon had a baby together? I didn’t know that.
And Todd, how’s that military-industrial complex holding up these days? Oh, super great, you say? Yeah, thanks Eisenhower! Thanks for “naming” something.
I voted for Ford because I am former President Gerald Ford, but if you’ve been to the blogtown meetups, you already knew that.
(I’m the old guy with the sweater vest and the freezer bag full of blow who’s always yelling, “who’s dead, NOW?”)
@ROM: He did more than name it, he warned against it getting too powerful. Of course, he waited until his last day in office to clearly do so.
See 2:30 for the money quote, though the whole clip is interesting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8GFswburko
Damn, that was just the short quote clip, crappy sound quality too. Here’s the longer clip with background:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13Gt1bhKLhs
Yeah, but Todd, how’s that military-industrial complex holding up now? Super great?
And I’ve heard his warning. It’s pretty famous. And pretty ballsy. But still… what good did it do.
Anyway, I voted for Ford.
Excuse me?! Where George HW Bush?! Even as a precious toddler, I could sense how mediocre he was
@ROM Gerald Ford could beat up any of the other presidents–living or dead (zombie presidents!) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm…
CC,
That’s some funny stuff!
Damn, what’s next?
@ROM: If you put it that way, it doesn’t seem to have done any good at all.
Also, his dollar coins were ridiculously heavy.
And of course, it’s way too soon to say this, but…On George W. Bush’s watch, we became a country that tortures and jokes about it.
Therefore: my vote for worst. Shocking, I know…
Iced milk and cherries. What.