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On American Presidents
9 December, 2004
Author: Richard H. Williams

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I
Franklin Roosevelt's
four terms in presidential
office are unique

II
Teddy Roosevelt
was a rough riding he-man
led Bull Moose Party

III
Thomas Jefferson
most intelligent of the
U.S. presidents

IV
George Washington
great military leader
and first president

V
Ronald Reagan was
screen actor and fortieth
U.S. president

VI
Abraham Lincoln
he freed the black U.S. slaves
assassin killed him

VII
Richard Nixon was
an astute potitician
became scandalized

VIII
Ulysses S. Grant
great military leader
but poor president

IX
William Clinton was
caught in a sexual scandal
but retained office

X
Lyndon Johnson and
"Great Society Program"
Vietnam War doomed him

XI
John F. Kennedy
young, handsome, intelligent
assassin shot him

XII
Dwight Eisenhower
great military leader
folks said "I like Ike."

XIII
John Kerry answered
some questions with "I was in
'Nam. Dubya was not."

XIV
John Adams was our
first vice president and our
second president.

XV
Harry Truman dropped
atomic bombs on Japan;
established CIA

XVII
George double yew Bush
still stutters and stammers and
yet is quite charming.

XVIII
Woodrow Wilson earned
doctorate; was awarded
the Nobel Prize.

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