« Second picture of Emily Dickinson found? | Main | The President as a Wall-to-Wall, Floor-to-Ceiling Campaigning Whore »
September 6, 2012
In a Mass Knife Fight to the Death Between Every American President, Who Would Win and Why?
"Barack Obama -- for all his wonderful qualities-- is not a scraper.He'd probably try to negotiate an end to hostilities, and while seeking a middle ground some loon would get the better of him. In an arena full of knife-wielding war veterans, I don't hold out a lot of hope that he'd make it through the first few minutes. -- Face in the Blue
Posted by gerardvanderleun at September 6, 2012 7:18 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
Your Say
George Washington and Andrew Jackson would probably be the last to face off. TR was a good scrapper, but that killer instinct was something those earlier two had in buckets.
All the others - they'd be watching and placing bets.
Posted by: Mikey NTH at September 6, 2012 7:31 PM
Oh, he's a scraper - he would bow and scrape to save his sorry ass.
What he is not is a "scrapper".
Posted by: sherlock at September 6, 2012 8:36 PM
Washington was no killer. Jackson definitely was. Teddy would have taken a shiv in the back from Jimmy while he was busy sticking it to Taft. And it wouldn't surprise me if the last man standing for Jackson to stick would be Lyndon. That guy was a son-of-a-bitch.
Posted by: james wilson at September 6, 2012 10:16 PM
Wasn't Jackson the guy who said; "I only regret that you have but one life to give..."?
;^)
Posted by: monkeyfan at September 6, 2012 10:45 PM
Abe the wrestler Lincoln would clean everyone's clock. He grew up in the rough and tumble
Posted by: Kelvin at September 7, 2012 7:13 AM
No debate, Jackson wins:
"Andrew Jackson was the first president on whom an assassination attempt was made. A man named Richard Lawrence approached Jackson with two pistols both of which, for some reason, misfired. With the possibility of an assassination taken off the table, Jackson proceeded to beat Lawrence near death with his cane until Jackson's aides pulled him off the assassin."
http://www.cracked.com/article_15895_the-5-most-badass-presidents-all-time.html
Posted by: Fat Man at September 7, 2012 11:07 AM
Anybody giving odds on the Bill Clinton - Dick Nixon matchup?
Posted by: mushroom at September 7, 2012 12:34 PM