Current Events > C/D: Barack Obama was the coolest president in U.S. history.

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Pure swag.

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He was always full of swag and witty comebacks while being all chill. Looked like a super cool dude to hang out with tbh

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Probably. I actually dont like any of the U.S. presidents though because of their complicity in atrocities.

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The contrast between Obama and Trump will never not be jarring.

It's like they took away Idris Elba and gave us Marlon Wayans. We had professional and dignified. And now we have a sloppy and petty.

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Taft

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Obama was cool.
So was Kennedy.
Clinton was pretty chill as well.
Teddy was sorta cool, but he was part of The Rough Riders...so that's not too chill.

Washington might be the one.
He held the army together though so many defeats.
He also stepped away from serving a third term.

Edit: Also Lincoln. He literally took a bullet for this country.
And he was on the right side of history.
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Lost_All_Senses posted...

The contrast between Obama and Trump will never not be jarring.

It's like they took away Idris Elba and gave us Marlon Wayans. We had professional and dignified. And now we have a sloppy and petty.

ay bro dont be hating on Marlon lmao I get what you sayin tho

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I like Obama and all but you can't beat Teddy

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Teddy > Barry > the rest in just Cool Points

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I don't like him that much but Roosevelt

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Teddy and Trump are two sides of the same coin

Except Trump's side got stuck in gum

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If you don't pick Teddy you are a pleb.

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JFK banged Marilyn Monroe

Nobody's cooler than Coolidge.

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https://youtu.be/a_WuGDYawFQ

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To be fair Trump is pretty cool too in a idgaf kind of way.

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I know because I won all of them.

Savage af.

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Anybody can look cool in sunglasses.

Teddy

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DAMN I didn't realize his hair was that grey. Old man Obama lol

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Stop worshipping war criminals

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Spiderman23JII posted...

To be fair Trump is pretty cool too in a idgaf kind of way.

Trump is a whiny insecure manbaby

How TF is bill Clinton here but not Lincoln?

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Bill Clinton was imo

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Where's Eisenhower? Imagine being General of the Army then going on to be President for 8 years.

Pretty fucking cool.

Obama definitely knew how to have an immense amount of class though.

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There are many reasons why the answer is Teddy, but the infamous story of him being shot before a speech, telling the crowd not to harm his attacker and then giving the speech (while blood seeped into his shirt) prior to going to a hospital makes the dude a badass.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Flammang_Schrank

Roosevelt was at the Gilpatrick Hotel at a dinner provided by the hotel's owner, a supporter. The ex-President was scheduled to deliver a speech at the Milwaukee Auditorium. News had circulated that Roosevelt was at the hotel, and Schrank (who had been following Roosevelt from New Orleans to Milwaukee) went to the hotel. The ex-President had finished his meal, and left the hotel to enter an open car. Roosevelt stood to acknowledge the cheering of the assembled crowd, when Schrank acted.

Schrank did shoot Roosevelt, but the bullet lodged in Roosevelt's chest only after hitting both his steel eyeglass case and a 50-page copy of his speech titled "Progressive Cause Greater Than Any Individual", which he was carrying in his jacket pocket. As onlookers gasped and screamed, Elbert Martin, one of Roosevelt's secretaries, and an ex-football player, was the first to react, leaping at Schrank, wrestling him to the ground and seizing his gun. A. O. Girard, a former Rough Rider and bodyguard of the ex-president, and several policemen were upon Schrank at the same moment. Roosevelt stumbled, but straightened himself, and again raised his hat, with a reassuring smile upon his face. His aide, Harry Cochems, asked Roosevelt if he was hit, and Roosevelt simply said assuredly, "He pinked me, Harry". As Schrank was subdued and held up on his feet, the crowd went into a frenzy. Several of the closest men around Schrank began pummeling him, and others screamed "kill him!", and "hang him!". Roosevelt, seeing what was happening, shouted to the crowd, "Don't hurt him. Bring him here. I want to see him." The crowd, hearing Roosevelt's voice, looked at Roosevelt, astonished to see him standing up and talking. A member asked, "Is he okay?"; Roosevelt, with a reassuring smile, waved his hat in the air and said, "I'm alright, I'm alright." In relief, the crowd erupted in cheers, enabling four policemen to gain their way into the crowd and hold Schrank. Roosevelt ordered, "Bring him to me." Schrank was led to Roosevelt, and the two men looked into each other's eyes. Putting his hands on Schrank's head so he could look at him, and to determine if he had seen him before, Roosevelt said to Schrank, "What did you do it for?" Getting no response, he said, "Oh, what's the use? Turn him over to the police." As police held Schrank, Roosevelt looked down at him, and said, "You poor creature." Roosevelt ordered, "Officers, take charge of him, and see that there is no violence done to him." Girard and another officer led Schrank away into the hotel, as the crowd booed at him, and applauded for Roosevelt, abiding by his wishes. Roosevelt gave another reassuring tip of the hat to the crowd, before he took off in his car. Schrank was led into the kitchen, where he was turned over to the local police.

Roosevelt, as an experienced hunter and anatomist, correctly concluded that since he was not coughing blood, the bullet had not reached his lung, and he declined suggestions to go to the hospital immediately. Instead, he delivered his scheduled speech with blood seeping into his shirt. He spoke for 84 minutes before completing his speech and accepting medical attention. His opening comments to the gathered crowd were, "Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot, but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose."

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JFK

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Spiderman23JII posted...

To be fair Trump is pretty cool too

Said no one of value ever

he did the OK sign! how inappropriate!

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Coolidge literally had cool in his name

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Half assed president, but Obama certainly had the cool factor going for him. Clinton was close.

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Teddy had brass balls, Jack had the D, and Barry had the class.


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FDR was

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