tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post2929296781455011624..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Silly, yes, but...Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-36934943298771738522012-09-12T20:05:08.018-04:002012-09-12T20:05:08.018-04:00Truman, If you go at the level of fitness while in...Truman, If you go at the level of fitness while in office. Secret service used to draw straws as to who got to go on his morning walk with him unless there was a FNG to foist it off on. He didn't figure the walk was over until the secret service detail was gasping for breath. He held a grudge, and was ruthless.zdogk9https://www.blogger.com/profile/04295483098573950904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-47155407521714931982012-09-12T15:10:06.033-04:002012-09-12T15:10:06.033-04:00I am not posting since I know the secret service i...I am not posting since I know the secret service is watching intently at this point....wait a minute...crapsobriant74https://www.blogger.com/profile/02419780237703409179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-8553723578913437112012-09-12T15:09:37.911-04:002012-09-12T15:09:37.911-04:00A. Knife fight? Obama = n00b
B. At least half ...A. Knife fight? Obama = n00b<br /><br />B. <i>At least</i> half the presidents hail from a time and culture when the idea of facing a armed black man triggered an immediate "Kill it! Kill it now!" response.Geodkythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17340718574781403778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-20674562290587662392012-09-12T15:09:00.326-04:002012-09-12T15:09:00.326-04:00I am not posting since I know the secret service i...I am not posting since I know the secret service is watching intently at this point....wait a minute...crapsobriant74https://www.blogger.com/profile/02419780237703409179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-82036246135664397462012-09-12T14:50:28.586-04:002012-09-12T14:50:28.586-04:00I'm pretty sure our current POTUS would be inv...I'm pretty sure our current POTUS would be involved in the final four. T.R. would be using his bloody corpse as a step stool so he could look Jackson, Lincoln and Washington square in the eyes before the final blood letting started. As to who would win that - I'm not sure I bet against any of those four.Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-39314561816861189592012-09-12T12:51:14.446-04:002012-09-12T12:51:14.446-04:00So nobody, nobody at all, has chosen our present C...So nobody, nobody at all, has chosen our present Commander in Chief as even a final four competitor in this hypothetical match up?<br /><br />Am I seeing political correctness run amok here, or just an honest assessment of the man's limits?mikeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-76880850498867083032012-09-12T12:32:22.414-04:002012-09-12T12:32:22.414-04:00"Love", defined as, "You make me la..."Love", defined as, "<i>You make me laught. I will kill you last.</i>"Geodkythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17340718574781403778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-80770614048368028672012-09-12T08:25:21.348-04:002012-09-12T08:25:21.348-04:00This sounds like Hunger Games for history buffs.
...This sounds like Hunger Games for history buffs.<br /><br />So, the real question isn't, "Who'll win," but, "Who will Andrew Jackson decide to love?"<br /><br />Rob (Trebor)Rob Reednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-68767819651945912722012-09-12T06:42:48.867-04:002012-09-12T06:42:48.867-04:00Old Abe handled himself pretty well on that Star T...Old Abe handled himself pretty well on that Star Trek episode where they fought Kahless, Genghis Khan, Colonel Green and Zora of Tiburon on the planet Excalbia.CARnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-56826199156903231742012-09-12T06:37:43.620-04:002012-09-12T06:37:43.620-04:00Ed Foster,
"Windy, he was missing part of a ...Ed Foster,<br /><br />"<i>Windy, he was missing part of a vertebra. The Bouviers married cousins.</i>"<br /><br />There weren't any New York Bouviers in the Boston-bred JFK's family tree. This is easy enough to check. (Don't forget that Kennedy was only three steps from The Aulde Sod on dad's side of the family and the same on his mom's.)Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-60656696090162527632012-09-12T01:29:06.647-04:002012-09-12T01:29:06.647-04:00Change it from knives to broadswords, and Lincoln&...Change it from knives to broadswords, and Lincoln's a shoo-in.jimbob86noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-46651311370140169192012-09-11T23:19:44.930-04:002012-09-11T23:19:44.930-04:00Windy, he was missing part of a vertebra. The Bouv... Windy, he was missing part of a vertebra. The Bouviers married cousins.<br /><br /> When Black Jack Bovier died, Jack and Bobbie went to his wake. Nobody else from the family showed up, but a dozen or so of his former mistresses did. Jack's comment to Bobbie was "Not a bad epitaph really". <br /><br />"And her sister". Really? Lee was kinda hot in her day. Made Jackie look like a boy anyway. Didn't know Jack had been there.<br /><br /> Worked with a guy years ago who used to own a butcher shop in Manhattan, catti-corner from the Waldorf-Astoria. Whenever Monroe was in town, he'd watch the Secret Service close off the side entrance and guide in the big shot. <br /><br /> Some times it was Jack, sometimes it was Bobby. Sometimes it was both.Ed Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09676740819579030462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-46064619570703439122012-09-11T21:45:15.338-04:002012-09-11T21:45:15.338-04:00I personally had no interest in seeing Hunger Game...I personally had no interest in seeing Hunger Games. But if we converted it into Battle Royale for Presidents, I'd SERIOUSLY watch that OPENING NIGHT. <br /><br />I posed the question to my office mates. Many of them immediately went with TR, another went for Ike, and still another went for Grant. I still think Washington would be a difficult man to best and I'd have my money on a four-way battle to the death on Jackson, Washington TR, and Lincoln. <br /><br />RevolverRobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-62329488104367734852012-09-11T17:39:05.882-04:002012-09-11T17:39:05.882-04:00Obama is first to go--stabbed in the back by Bill ...Obama is first to go--stabbed in the back by Bill Clinton. Shortly thereafter, Tricky Dick can be heard muttering "Communist" as he pulls his knife from Clinton's back and heads off looking for Carter.<br /><br />Carter is later found dead, mangled by a large swamp rabbit. Nixon and LBJ are found holding each other by the lapels with knives buried in each other's stomachs and multiple stab wounds.<br /><br />Grant Shows up drunk and goes down early; W is a possible dark horse.<br /><br />TR or Jackson for the win--weight on Teddy. Love the Hummungus idea for Andy, and he might do it--at which time Teddy would probably climb a tree, wait or move stealthily depending on density of trees in the arena, and drop on Jackson's head.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-47002054238425541962012-09-11T17:33:56.535-04:002012-09-11T17:33:56.535-04:00Malcolm Reynolds, game over.
(yeah, I know, but t...Malcolm Reynolds, game over.<br /><br />(yeah, I know, but the fantasy nature of such an event opened the door)Buzznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-31730483095003109062012-09-11T16:46:23.552-04:002012-09-11T16:46:23.552-04:00George Washington wouldn;t have a chance. By the t...George Washington wouldn;t have a chance. By the time he became President, his health was totally shot due to life-long ailments.<br /><br />Of course, the only ones who would likely be willing to grease the Father of our Country are Jackson, Nixon, or Obama -- and I'll give General Washington on his worst day good odds against Nixon or Obama in a fight. (Although Tricky Dick might offer to ally with George, then cut out a kidney when he turns his back. Obama wouldn't get the chance -- no way in HELL would GW trust a black guy with a weasely smile to have his back in a knife fight.)<br /><br />Geodkythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17340718574781403778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-65080437247912411672012-09-11T16:41:51.055-04:002012-09-11T16:41:51.055-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Geodkythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17340718574781403778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-18080331665739872772012-09-11T16:39:57.480-04:002012-09-11T16:39:57.480-04:00Jackson killed at least one man in a duel, had imp...Jackson killed at least one man in a duel, had impromptu gunfights with a Senator and a Governor, invaded a foreign country without authorization, blew off 2 Supreme Court decisions, beat an attempted assassin half to death, was an accessory to bigamy, said on his death bed that his biggest regret was not hanging his VP and probably some other stuff I can't think of right now. He wins because of the "Rules in a knife fight?" factor. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-56292241302023500212012-09-11T16:37:21.483-04:002012-09-11T16:37:21.483-04:00Bush 43 has an easily overlooked advantage that mi...Bush 43 has an easily overlooked advantage that might put him in the finishing group (although I do not see him winning, in the end.)<br /><br />GWB was in great shape compared to other Presidents, had good reflexes, pure conviction in his own beliefs, and would have two or three guys who would be likely allies, even at their own expense (Ford, Reagan, Bush 41 -- all of whom knew him as "George's son" and are of the right generation and background to play wingman, especially since they'd know they had little chance of success for themselves.)<br /><br />I like Pierce as a dark horse, too.<br /><br />Still going TR or Jackson -- with TR having an advantage due to better health as President AND Jackson was so bugnuts crazy in a fight he might get crippled in the course of vaporizing other foes. As a highly experienced and competant dangerous game hunter, TR was more calculating than that. . . Geodkythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17340718574781403778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-45575921651951842532012-09-11T16:06:28.009-04:002012-09-11T16:06:28.009-04:00Grant would do well if someone gave him some wiske...Grant would do well if someone gave him some wiskey before the match, and Ol Tippecanoe is my dark horse canidate.<br /><br />But if the slightest hint that JFK or Bubba was trying to put the moves on Mrs. Jackson reached the ears of Old Hickory... <br />...for one, no one would actually see the fight due to the constant spray of blood.<br />...the final three would not be determined by skill or strength, but by sheer physical distance from Jackson... and by advanced forensic technique after the fight.<br /><br />Teddy may be the real life Captain America, but Jackson was the Hulk.Joe in PNGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-91961062734242325262012-09-11T15:42:30.468-04:002012-09-11T15:42:30.468-04:00"and the back problem was inherited from the ..."and the back problem was inherited from the Bovier side of the family."<br />He inherited it from Jackie's parents? I've heard that you inherit insanity from your kids, but this is a bit -- confusing.<br />Unless you're implying that the back problem arose because of certain --um-- acrobatics performed with Jackie and her sister, hence the Bovier <b>FAMILY</b> reference.<br /><br />As for the original post, William Henry Harrison was a tough guy, too. A bit of a Virginia Blue Blood, he rose through the ranks as an indian fighter in Ohio and Indiana, including the Battle of the Fallen Timbers and Tippecanoe, hence the nickname, "Tippecanoe"Windy Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951254236693386401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-17132613006258734182012-09-11T15:42:20.408-04:002012-09-11T15:42:20.408-04:00The key is best physical condition DURING HIS PRES...The key is best physical condition DURING HIS PRESIDENCY. This is a knife fight at the Social Security office, by and large. Pierce, Grant, TR, Bush 43, and the current occupant were the only ones with relative youth and fitness on their sides. (I ignore Kennedy, who was a physical wreck.)<br /><br />Running away is a valid strategy, and I suspect it would be a good one early on. GWB and BHO could run any of the others into the ground, and the given arena size would allow for that. <br /><br />We have to take into account that this is a melee, and the combatants are well known to one another.<br /><br />Jackson, TR, and Lincoln might well succumb to backstabbing very early. <br /><br />This would be a loooong event, most of the participants grabbing some wall to back up on and wait it out. That also disfavors the old.<br /><br />Grant would be a smart bet. LBJ too.<br /><br />staghoundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976667812875074135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-41804122066282404782012-09-11T15:39:21.519-04:002012-09-11T15:39:21.519-04:00Gotta say Matt G brought up a good "dark hors...Gotta say Matt G brought up a good "dark horse" with Truman. The dude was an exceptional artillery officer/battery commander and was in the thick of things during the Meuse-Argonne. Probly knew how to use that 1911 in his holster too...so most likely smart enough to bring it to a knife fight as well. <br />Silent Cal's another Dark Horse who shouldn't be overlooked.Boat Guynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-42261618720380056022012-09-11T15:30:52.420-04:002012-09-11T15:30:52.420-04:00"I think "cockles" is the word you ..."I think "cockles" is the word you wanted. ;)"<br /><br />I stand embarrassingly corrected. I'll go stand in the corner now. <br /><br />Still, "cuckolds" was very funny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-78805712344250380162012-09-11T15:18:09.082-04:002012-09-11T15:18:09.082-04:00You are all forgetting Taft and his patented "...You are all forgetting Taft and his patented "Big Splash" finishing move. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com