greatest. they were the three presidents in office before lincoln and did little and worsened the rise to the civil war and for that we have to treat them harshly particularly buchanan who engineered in some respects the dread scott decision which was the worst supreme court in history and he thought it would prevent the civil war and it hastened it gretchen: abraham washington and roose velt. greatest because of the crisis they faced. lincoln bringing america through the civil war and roose velt through the depression and world war twompt roose velt never a crisis but elevated the presidency boo something it was not before. and became the face of the presidency. and washington of course, he invented the presidency and
happen to people in real places it is not statutes and dates and battles and speeches. brian: those are the famous presidents william mckinly. over looked in many respects over shadowed because he was assassinated and theodore roose velt. don t call him teddy. he hated the nickname. mckinley took america through a brief war and transitioned in a modern presidency and gets over shadowed because roose velt came along and was larger than life. grover cleveland, why should he go from the back burner to the front? he was an interesting character. first of all interesting when he ran for the first time he was accused of fathering a child out of the wedlock. you would think that would
and socialism f. it is a great system why does communist prohibit people leaving the count row. if unions are so great why do we need laws to force them to join. it comes down to choice, doesn t it. we should have a choice of whether we want it and should be allowed to join . 50 percent say yes. but shouldn t be forced to join. and i love the example with france, david. during the great depression of the 30s. europe had flexible rules for cutches to hire and fire x. they had more flexibility and they got out of the depression faster than the united states. because roose velt would not give american cutches such flexibilitiy. there is it a historical context. our current president doesn t believe in freedom. you are right.