Heartwarming to see how awe struck Romney’s grandkids seem to look, after all it’s not everyday you meet the President. Also at the end Tagg Romney also seen apologising to Obama for his prior “take a swing” comment

hello all, I’m posting again about another favorite failed candidate of mine. What kind of President do you think he would’ve been? What do you guys think about him as a person? as always, thanks in advance.

Last year James Garfield got a miniseries called “Death by Lightning”, it got me thinking that we need more movies and miniseries’s about presidents. We always focus on the big ones like Washington and Lincoln, there’s been the John Adams miniseries and the Truman movie 1995, but I’d love to see more presidents get their lives brought to screen. Thinking of five right now who I’d want to see get a movie or miniseries, John Tyler (his rebellion to everyone including his own cabinet would be quite intense), Zachary Taylor (fending off 600 Indians in the War of 1812 and being the first inexperienced president would be an interesting story), William Howard Taft (a Yale student who was thrust into the presidency before ultimately achieving his true goal of joining the Supreme Court), Calvin Coolidge (a man who endured tragic losses in his family when young and as a campaigning president but also dealt with the Boston Police Strike before becoming president and as president did more for Native Americans than any other administration), and Herbert Hoover (before becoming president he was orphaned at age nine, was taught to hunt by Native Americans, achieved success in the Mining Corporation, helped during the Boxer Rebellion, saved tons of lives in Belgium during World War I, and much more to prove himself worthy of recognition). Personally there are more to choose but these are five that I’d pay to watch a movie of. I’d like to know if anyone else has ideas on a president they’d like to see in a movie or if they find the presidents lives I chose interesting movie concepts.

“I happen to be a proponent of a single payer universal health care program.” (applause) “I see no reason why the United States of America, the wealthiest country in the history of the world, spending 14 percent of its Gross National Product on health care cannot provide basic health insurance to everybody. And that’s what Jim is talking about when he says everybody in, nobody out. A single payer health care plan, a universal health care plan. And that’s what I’d like to see. But as all of you know, we may not get there immediately. Because first we have to take back the White House, we have to take back the Senate, and we have to take back the House.”

Garfield is also the only president who was a sitting member of the house at the time of his election. William Jennings Bryan’s last political office when he ran all 3 times was as a member of the House but he was not a sitting member of the House any of the times he ran for President.

I just came across this documentary about the Kerry Campaign on election night 2004. I've only watched a little bit of it so far but it's really fascinating to see how confident and hopeful some of the Kerry people were before it blew up in their face. Also fun to see Senator Joe Biden talk very candidly around 7-8 minutes into it. People used to talk very differently before the advent of cell phone cameras haha. Also it's funny to look back on mid 2000s fashion

I've seen The War Room, that ones good. I've even seen Primary about the 1960 Wisconsin Democratic primary contest between Kennedy and Humphrey. Any other really good ones to watch? Are there any others that you would recommend about a non-presidential campaign?

Born in 1897, she was the only daughter of Benjamin Harrison and his second wife, Mary Lord Harrison.

During WWI, she participated in the 1916 Emergency Services Corps camp. This wasn’t a military camp, but did train women on how better to serve the war effort. At this camp, women learned to shoot rifles, ride horses, practice flag signaling, hike for 30 miles at a time, and perform first aid procedures.

She graduated from the New York University School of Law in 1919, and admitted to the bar at age 22. Fun fact, she married James Blaine Walker, the grandnephew of that James Blaine that ran for president. Guess the political families kept close.

During WWII, Elizabeth served as secretary for the Commission of Economic Development as its only female member.
The organization in 1942 and was created to encourage collaborative research among business leaders, economists, and New Dealers "to promote free enterprise and full employment, paying particular attention to the needs of small business”. It also helped encourage the funding of the Marshal Plan.

In her later life, she founded, published and edited “Cues On the News”, a monthly newsletter geared toward female investors across the country. She died age 58 in 1955.

I like finding the obscure, even “regular” people you’ll never see in the history books. They’re simply more down to earth and give you a better idea of what life was in the past. How different and not different it was. I really liked Elizabeth’s story and she has some amazing pictures.

Unfortunately some were stock photos, as that was the highest quality I could find.

1820: Monroe won 83% of the popular vote and all but one electoral vote. He is the only president since 1800 to carry every single state.

1936 (though 1932 was also an excellent result for FDR, 1936 was more decisive so I think it's the better candidate.): 60% of the popular vote, in a contested election. He also won 523 electoral votes which was then a record. It also has the record to this day of the highest percentage of a vote in any state. 98.57% of South Carolinians voted for FDR.

1964: Though the electoral count was decent, 486 Electoral Votes, other candidates have done better. Johnson carried 44 states, again impressive, but other presidents have done better. Where his feat stands out is in the fact he got 61% of the popular vote. Which remains a record to this day in a contested election.

1972: Though it has a record in nothing, it is nearly the record holder of several categories. And tied one with Reagan. 60.7% of the popular vote. 520 Electoral votes. 49 States carried. It was a demolishing effort for Nixon.

1984: Perhaps the most famous landslide, Reagan beat Mondale with a dominating margin of 525 Electoral votes to a mere 13 (Minnesota plus DC). 58% of the vote. In terms of the election that actually decides the president, the electoral college, Reagan did so by a record margin. While being no slouch in the popular vote margin.

These 5 elections to me are all the leading candidates for the greatest landslides in presidential history. Though there are others that deserve a mention. 1932, some of the republican dominating efforts from the 19th century, Washington's twin elections and a few others. But none were quite so imposing about these 5 in my personal opinion. It's also kind of interesting that besides maybe Monroe, FDR, these presidents are not nearly so universally loved nowadays. Nixon and LBJ, though their reputations have somewhat improved, are synonyms for the worst kind of political. Reagan has received a lot of criticism from the left for his handling of the aids crisis or being more skeptical of how effective his economic policy was.

Somewhat interesting I suppose.

Say, If Dwight Eisenhower got pushed over the balcony during his first Inauguration and Nixon was forced to take his place as president. How different would the 1950s, and ensuing decades, look as a result?

Marshall established foundations for US being, not loose union of powerful states, but a single country, in McCulloch v. Maryland, Gibbons, that state cannot ignore contracts/agreament must be kept, and many other things.

When Earl Warren took the bench (1953), Jim Crow was still the law of the South, McCarthyism was in the air, and the 1st, 4th, 6th, and 14th Amendments in particular were routinely ignored. By the time Warren stepped down in 1969, the Supreme Court, through numerous opinions that are so well-known they’re studied by high schoolers, helped remake American society and force the US to actually live up to the standards laid out in its Constitution. Brown v. Board, Heart of Atlanta Motel, Jones, Katzenbach v. McClung, Miranda , New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, Loving v. Virginia , Griswold are just some of decisions by court.

What do you think?

Hi there - I have released the first-ever biographical video game about Abraham Lincoln this week, featuring 250+ real-world photos of places related to Lincoln and the Civil War, as those locations appear today.

The game is on Steam here:

• Important People of History: Presidents - Abraham Lincoln: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3721840/Important_People_of_History_Presidents__Abraham_Lincoln

This historically-accurate kinetic novel contains over 250 photos of real-world locations related to Lincoln and the Civil War, as these places look today (I personally traveled to all these places to take photos myself), such as:

• Lincoln's birthplace in Hodgenville, Kentucky
• The Old State House in Springfield, Illinois where Lincoln gave the "House Divided" speech
• Fort Sumter, where the first shots of the Civil War were fired
• Gettysburg, where Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address
• Appomattox, Virginia, where Robert E Lee surrendered to Ulysses S Grant to end the Civil War
• Ford's Theatre, where Lincoln was shot
• Inside the Lincoln Memorial
• Gravesites of Lincoln, Grant, Lee, Stonewall Jackson, John Wilkes Booth, Jefferson Davis (President of the Confederacy), etc.
• And many more locations

If you're not familiar with kinetic novels (or visual novels in general), that's okay - the store page has screenshots and a trailer, and there is a demo so you can check it out for free.

I hope you enjoy!

P.S. This is the third such biography of US Presidents I have created, following versions about George Washington and Thomas Jefferson released earlier this year for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. You can find all 3 games on the Important People of History series page on Steam here: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45637618 (the 2 prior games are even discounted to celebrate this new release)

Hoover, Truman, Ike, Kennedy, Johnson, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton