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What real President would stay and fight

posted 10 years ago by crakatoot
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If this really happened, of all our modern presidents ( the guys who would actually have been on Air Force One) who do u think would stay to fight. Certainly not Obama or either Bush's. I doubt Clinton would fought to save Hilary. Nixon was a Quacker. Reagan was just a weasel. But to the Point I think LBJ would stay and fight. He was a Texas Man and he was huge. And maybe Ford. He was in the military and he was a football player and he was also pretty big. I think the two of them would have fuvked shiut up. What do u guys think.

[–] cdambion 9 years ago

Dwight Eisenhouwer
Teddy Rossevelt

A good percentile of Pro-Gun President who believes DEEPLY in the 2nd amendment or served would stay and fight.

[–] indranee19 9 years ago

I don't think it's that easy. Pro-gun or anti-gun is besides the point.

I think a president who had a mcGUyver mentality would stay and fight. Plus, just plain brave. and almost foolhardy. I can actually imagine John McCain doing this if he'd ever gotten to be president. I can totally see Obama at least trying. It's because he has a bit of foolhardiness in him.

I can't imagine anyone else so far.

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Fear not for the future; weep not for the past -- Percy Bysshe Shelley
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[–] boxerrebellion 9 years ago

JFK, Eisenhower.

Being a Quaker doesn't mean you can't ever fight; I believe in that situation Nixon would not be expected to just sit there and let it happen. I'm not sure however that he had the cajones.

[–] R_Kane (15828) 4 years ago

He didn’t.

[–] pkryder-1 8 years ago

Teddy Roosevelt--who was President before there was such a thing as a jet airliner !!

[–] R_Kane (15828) 5 years ago

You beat me to it. Well done.

[–] KSzir 9 years ago

George Washington. The last Commander in Chief to actually lead the Army in the field during the "Whiskey Rebellion".
Andrew Jackson

Have to agree with the previous poster for Teddy Roosevelt. Thats's going back pretty far. Can't think of many modern Presidents who could have done that. Maybe LBJ. Kennedy was a legitimate war hero during WWII but his injuries from that incident would have made it difficult for him to go mano-a-mano with trained terrorists.

[–] pkryder-1 8 years ago

Yeah, George Washington would have felt right at home on Air Force One !!

[–] wanton87 (934) 4 years ago

I second Andrew Jackson. Gimp or not, he was one badass MOFO! Of course, this was the era of unreliable, single shot, muzzleloading pistols. It also didn’t hurt, that his would be assassin, rode the short wagon to school :D

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/andrew-jackson-narrowly-escapes-assassination

[–] obiwan400 9 years ago

Reagan would have at least fought. Not sure how successful he'd be due to physical limitations but I think he'd fight.

[–] KSzir 9 years ago

A younger Reagan would have been a formidable opponent. In a documentary about his assassination attempt, the doctor's said he was one of the healthiest seventy year-olds they had worked on and one of the reasons he recovered so well.

[–] crakatoot 9 years ago

he might have been healthy but Reagan was a weasel. He named, names during the McCarthy era and he sold weapons to Iranian terrorist. In short, he was bitch and a weasel. i don't see him fighting.

i told you not to stop the boat. Now lets go. Apocaylpse Now

[–] kwestmo (4385) 4 years ago

The LA Times begs to differ with your assessment of Reagan. You or the LA Times? I'll take their word.

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-dec-12-la-oe-meroney-reagan-20101212-story.html

[–] PrimeMinisterX (8720) 4 years ago

Leftist media rarely had anything good to say about Republicans. Don't trust them on this kind of stuff.

[–] Darren (1344) 2 years ago

That's just it: in this case it makes it more credible, not less. The leftist media did indeed rarely have anything good to say about Republicans, yet here is the the L.A. Times, an arm of the leftist media, and even they are basically saying there's nothing to these allegations that Reagan was a "snitch" who betrayed friends and colleagues.

[–] PrimeMinisterX (8720) 2 years ago

Ah yes, you're right. If the MSM is actually DEFENDING a Republican then they're probably being factual. I retract my previous statement.

[–] hitman-79933 8 years ago

I read that his chest area was so thick from chopping down trees that they had to use a special saw to access it...

[–] ChristianEdwards81 9 years ago

FDR, Eisenhower, Truman, JKF, LBJ, Carter,& Reagan, & Obama.

[–] crakatoot 9 years ago

FDR couldn't walk. and i guess Obama would have tried paying the terrorists off but he wouldn't fight. Obama's a punk ass bitch.

i told you not to stop the boat. Now lets go. Apocaylpse Now

[–] littlesis1774 8 years ago

For some odd reason I can't see Truman doing that. I can see Bush and Kennedy.

[–] liverpool26 9 years ago

Putin would stay wasn't he KGB and a few eastern European presidents/prime ministers probably would but the west political leaders are mostly rich soft people who would be afraid of a one on one fist fight never mind taking on a dozen armed soldiers.

[–] jamest155 9 years ago

George W. Bush would have stayed. The others not sure.

[–] Arvin-G-Borkar 9 years ago

None. Real presidents would fight. None of our presidents are real presidents.

Better watch out, better start crying. Better hurry up, run and hide. Krampus is coming to town! >:)

[–] pioneergrrrl (2408) 4 years ago

Kennedy

Obama

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