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Originally posted by KSig RC
It makes just as much sense as thinking it's due to the CURRENT president. Take econ.
Anyway . . .
Overrated for the purposes of this thread:
-Lincoln
-Washington
-JFK (holy christ I can't even believe he was mentioned)
-even Woody Wilson
Roosevelts, however, are safe choices - I'll go with them
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Wouldn't you assume, though, that if prosperity was due to the previous president, that a one-term president followed by a two-term president would start to see a decrease in prosperity starting in the second term? How does econ play into that? Not that I'm claiming that prosperity is necessarily due to the current president, either, but it seems like it's easy to see the flawed logic in the idea that current prosperity is entirely due to the efforts of the previous government.
I also don't see how Lincoln, Washington or even JFK are "overrated." Perhaps you could argue that if we were discussing "great" presidents but we're not. All three of them were pretty charismatic presidents with a decent amount of interesting mythology that has sprung up around them, so it's not surprising that people choose them as their favorites.
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