The Louis Pasteur of Junkiedom ([info]calamityjon) wrote,
@ 2008-09-03 11:05:00
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No joke, Taft is possibly my favorite president (Excluding the first three, because you cannot NOT love Washington, Adams and Jefferson and still so much as pretend you even have a vague understanding as to what a president in a representative democracy is meant to represent, BUT I DIGRESS). Honestly, Taft - Outspoken Agnostic, Trust-Buster, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and mostly everyone remembers him for getting stuck in a bathtub once. The presidency is a lonely job.

Anyway, I added the TAFT/HOPE picture to CafePress Shop, if you really must own a little bit of a big man.

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[info]ddean
2008-09-03 07:40 pm UTC (link)
I love the fact that Taft would skinny dip in the Potomac. That cat played by his own rules.

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[info]quirkybird
2008-09-03 07:43 pm UTC (link)
Plus his dad Alfonso founded Skull & Bones! That is some presidential pedigree right there.

And he took down William Jennings Bryan. No mean feat, that.

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[info]turbofanatic
2008-09-04 12:22 am UTC (link)
Taft!

You see this cat Taft is a bad mother--
(Shut your mouth)
But I'm talkin' about Taft
(Then we can dig it)

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[info]reddig
2008-09-04 12:32 am UTC (link)
I actually attended Taft Middle School in Oklahoma City, long, long ago. I did not know anyone else knew who he even was...

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[info]brandawg
2008-09-04 01:02 am UTC (link)
You thought you were the only person who knew about an American president? He's not an indie band.

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[info]reddig
2008-09-04 01:42 am UTC (link)
True enough, I mean he does have a wikipedia page, so even a million monkeys hitting random would learn about him...assuming they were intelligent monkeys(and if they can hit a web link I am gonna give them the benefit of the doubt.)

But seriously, how much total face time does Taft get in a modern educational system? Just curious.

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[info]brandawg
2008-09-04 02:16 am UTC (link)
The modern educational system's US history program is focused (almost to its detriment) exclusively on wars and presidents. Taft gets special mention for getting stuck in a bathtub. Sometimes, it's even an AP question.

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[info]glindanorth
2008-09-04 12:33 am UTC (link)
And he was a pacifist. AND he was from Ohio. Where most great people come from. Ahem...

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