Who was President when you were born?

[MOB Karen]

I just found out who was the President of the United States when I was born. Gosh, that made me feel old. I thought it might be fun if you want to share your president. :D


Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President (1953-1961)

[WebLady]

Well I was born in 1973, I had to look up who was president then (I wasn't very good at History) but here ya go ...

Richard M. Nixon, thirty-seventh President of the United States (1969-1974)

[LaceyinPgh]

Jimmy Carter

[WebLady]

Jimmy Carter
I bet she didn't even have to look it up either ;)

[LaceyinPgh]

I bet she didn't even have to look it up either ;)

I didn't. Remember, I get a paycheck and health benefits for knowing this ****. Besides, Jimmy Carter is one of the greatest humanitarians to grace the earth.

[Kacie_bride]

I didn't have to look it up either, Ronald Reagan and the Vice President was George Bush.

[rainbowtreat]

Gerald Ford

[SerendipityCrafts]

JFK - he was assasinated 10 months later

[blueeyedbride]

Jimmy Carter

[AngelinLove]

Ronald Reagon!!!

[MOB Karen]

JFK - he was assasinated 10 months later


:bbcry: How sad!

[Amber818]

I knew but I wanted to make sure of the exact dates.

THe 40th President of the U.S. Ronald Reagan 1981-1989

[hummingbird521]

I believe it was JFK.

[MOB Karen]

I knew but I wanted to make sure of the exact dates.

THe 40th President of the U.S. Ronald Reagan 1981-1989

I would not have known that Amber, if I didn't look it up. He's another dead one. Jimmy Carter is still alive, and I think Gerald Ford it still alive too. And the first George Bush and Bill Clinton are still alive. Any other former presidents still alive?

[AllyM1]

Besides, Jimmy Carter is one of the greatest humanitarians to grace the earth.

Too bad he wasn't the greatest president...

Ronald Reagan was president when I was born... Go for the Gipper!

[MOB Karen]

Too bad he wasn't the greatest president...

Ronald Reagan was president when I was born... Go for the Gipper!

Oh lord, Ally, please tell me you did not just say that Ronald Reagan was our greatest president?........jk..;) ......LOL!! He was ok. His wife was weird though.

[LaceyinPgh]

Too bad he wasn't the greatest president...

Ronald Reagan was president when I was born... Go for the Gipper!

I was a little kid and hated Ronald Reagan.

[MOB Karen]

I was a little kid and hated Ronald Reagan.

He became president the same year I gave birth to Amber, so I would have been 23 at the time. We really liked him at first because he was so tall and good looking, and the fact that he used to be a movie star was so cool!!! :D

[LaceyinPgh]

He became president the same year I gave birth to Amber, so I would have been 23 at the time. We really liked him at first because he was so tall and good looking, and the fact that he used to be a movie star was so cool!!! :D

Yeah but tall and good looking are prerequisits to a good leader. He did put the final nail in the coffin of the Cold War. But hell, he did that by outspending the USSR. I could have done that with a Mastercard and trip to Macy's. There wasn't too much at that point to outspend. However, it would have been kind of nice if he and his advisors had a plan in place for what to do with the USSR AFTER the Cold war ended. Then of course there was the economoic recession that boardered on a depression, the AIDS crisis, the "war" on drugs. And don't get me started on that air headed, touchy feely, self esteem loving wife of his. I disliked her more than I disliked him as a child. She was scary.

[MOB Karen]

Yeah but tall and good looking are prerequisits to a good leader. He did put the final nail in the coffin of the Cold War. But hell, he did that by outspending the USSR. I could have done that with a Mastercard and trip to Macy's. There wasn't too much at that point to outspend. However, it would have been kind of nice if he and his advisors had a plan in place for what to do with the USSR AFTER the Cold war ended. Then of course there was the economoic recession that boardered on a depression, the AIDS crisis, the "war" on drugs. And don't get me started on that air headed, touchy feely, self esteem loving wife of his. I disliked her more than I disliked him as a child. She was scary.

Yeah, he didn't turn out to be one of the good ones, but I do think it's a plus when your president is not butt ugly. LOL! I didn't care for Nancy either, she was just a uppity cold fish, if you ask me.

[AllyM1]

Oh lord, Ally, please tell me you did not just say that Ronald Reagan was our greatest president?........jk..;) ......LOL!! He was ok. His wife was weird though.

Honestly, I do believe he was a really good leader. I wouldn't put "Greatest President" after many of our current leaders... I'm more for older Pres. like Teddy Roosevelt and Abe Lincoln...

I am a conservative person, but I am not partisan. I liked JFK because he was trying to get rid of the Federal Reserve (which would have been great) but that's a WHOLE other discussion!

[katieandalex]

Ronald Reagan 1981-1989

I'm definitely not a republican....but I did like Reagan, to an extent....but I wouldn't put it as much as he was our best president. My vote for best president would be for JFK, no doubt about it. I think our country would be a much better place if he wouldn't have been assassinated so early in his term.

[LaceyinPgh]

Honestly, I do believe he was a really good leader. I wouldn't put "Greatest President" after many of our current leaders... I'm more for older Pres. like Teddy Roosevelt and Abe Lincoln...

I am a conservative person, but I am not partisan. I liked JFK because he was trying to get rid of the Federal Reserve (which would have been great) but that's a WHOLE other discussion!

I once dated a guy who was way beyond obsessed with Reagan. He thought that Ronnie was the greatest person to ever grace the face of the planet. Ronnie was the Savior to this guy. He modeled his life after the "Reagan Revolution". He could go on for hours about what a Godsend Ronnie was to the masses of the world. It was the oddest mixture of disgusting and creepy that I have ever been in a room with. You couldn't even mention in passing something that you saw on the television or read in the newspaper because you would get something along the lines of, "If President Reagan were still in power things like that wouldn't be tolerated." I swear when Ronnie died, I could hear the wailing from 60 miles away. Just don't turn into that guy.

[MOB Karen]

Honestly, I do believe he was a really good leader. I wouldn't put "Greatest President" after many of our current leaders... I'm more for older Pres. like Teddy Roosevelt and Abe Lincoln...

I am a conservative person, but I am not partisan. I liked JFK because he was trying to get rid of the Federal Reserve (which would have been great) but that's a WHOLE other discussion!

Ronnie wasn't the worst by a long shot. And I liked JFK too. I was in 2nd grade when he was assassinated, and I can still remember it. America turned upside down that day!!
I think I'm conservative about some issues and liberal about others. But I probably do lean more heavily on the liberal side. :D

[Kacie_bride]

I have been laughing at this whole conversation. I think one of our greatest presidents was Teddy Roosevelt. Maybe it's because behind every good man is a great woman. Eleanor was a great person. I liked Reagan. I'm not a big Kennedy fan like everyone else in the whole world seems to be because of the Bay of Pigs thing and I really think he had a lot to do with Marilyn Monroe's death. (Yes, I do buy into that conspiracy theory.)

[LaceyinPgh]

I have been laughing at this whole conversation. I think one of our greatest presidents was Teddy Roosevelt. Maybe it's because behind every good man is a great woman. Eleanor was a great person. I liked Reagan. I'm not a big Kennedy fan like everyone else in the whole world seems to be because of the Bay of Pigs thing and I really think he had a lot to do with Marilyn Monroe's death. (Yes, I do buy into that conspiracy theory.)

Franklin Roosevelt was married to Eleanor, who also happened to be Teddy's niece. (Franklin and Eleanor were cousins.)

[MOB Karen]

Franklin Roosevelt was married to Eleanor, who also happened to be Teddy's niece. (Franklin and Eleanor were cousins.)

That kissing cousins stuff wasn't a big deal back in the olden days. But now, YUCK!!! That would be like kissing your brother. :bbeek:

[WhiskeyGirl]

Ok this isn't the president but I thought I'd throw in my Canadian bit here!lol. Please pardon me, and if you don't care, don't read!! Lol..I won't mind...Politics aren't really my thing!! lol I was born in 1982!

The Right Honourable Pierre Elliot Trudeau
http://www.thecanadapage.org/images/PM_pet_small.jpg (http://www.thecanadapage.org/images/PM_pet.jpg)
Time served as PM:
20 April 1968 - 4 June 1979, 3 March 1980 - 30 June 1984

Notes:
Liberal
Prime Minister during the October Crisis in 1970 (implemented The War Measures Act)
Appointed First Woman Speaker of the Senate (Muriel Mcqueen Fergusson) 1972
Wage and Price Controls
Appointed Jean Sauve first woman Speaker of the House of Commons
Canadian Charter of Human Rights and Constitution Act 1982 (legal independence from Britain)
Appointed Jean Sauve first woman Governor General in 1984

[MOB Karen]

LOL!!! I love it!! Didn't Pierre Trudeau have some sort of a scandal too when he was in office. Or is that someone else? And wasn't there something about his wife too? :p

[WhiskeyGirl]

LOL!!! I love it!! Didn't Pierre Trudeau have some sort of a scandal too when he was in office. Or is that someone else? And wasn't there something about his wife too? :p

Isn't there always a scandal?? lol

[MOB Karen]

Isn't there always a scandal?? lol

That's true. ;)

[WhiskeyGirl]

Ok this is a little bit that I found!

Trudeau was prime minister of Canada for nearly 16 years beginning in 1968. A professor before jumping into politics with the Liberal party, Trudeau entered office with a brainy charisma and youthful energy which seemed to match the changing mood of the 1960s. (His popularity was dubbed "Trudeaumania" in an echo of "Beatlemania (http://www.who2.com/thebeatles.html).") He remained prime minister until 1984, save for a 10-month period in 1979-80 when he was replaced by Progressive Conservative leader Joe Clark. Among his many initiatives as prime minister, Trudeau was particularly known for leading the fight against the separatist movement in Quebec. He also gained a reputation as an eligible bachelor, dating high-profile women including Barbra Streisand (http://www.who2.com/barbrastreisand.html) and Bianca Jagger (http://www.who2.com/biancajagger.html). In 1971 he wed 22-year-old Margaret Sinclair, a famous marriage which led to an equally famous separation six years later; the couple were finally divorced in 1984. In 1999 journalists named Trudeau the top Canadian newsmaker of the 20th century. At Trudeau's 2000 funeral his son Justin gave a heartfelt eulogy which became famous throughout Canada.


(And in 1998, Trudeau's son was killed in an avalanche in the mountains.)


I also found this little bit of info...seems he wasn't popular in the States lol.

rudeau was interested in Marxist (http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;jsessionid=1ac7vvov83url?tname=marxism&sbid=lc05b) ideas in the 1940s. In the 1950s and early 1960s, he was a supporter of the social democratic (http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;jsessionid=1ac7vvov83url?tname=social-democracy-1&sbid=lc05b) Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;jsessionid=1ac7vvov83url?tname=co-operative-commonwealth-federation&sbid=lc05b) party — which became the New Democratic Party (http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;jsessionid=1ac7vvov83url?tname=new-democratic-party&sbid=lc05b). During the 1950s, he was blacklisted (http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;jsessionid=1ac7vvov83url?tname=blacklist&sbid=lc05b) by the United States and prevented from entering that country because of a visit to a conference in Moscow (where he was briefly arrested for throwing a snowball at a statue of Stalin (http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;jsessionid=1ac7vvov83url?tname=josef-stalin&sbid=lc05b)) and because he subscribed to a number of leftist publications. Trudeau later appealed the ban, and it was rescinded.

[LaceyinPgh]

That kissing cousins stuff wasn't a big deal back in the olden days. But now, YUCK!!! That would be like kissing your brother. :bbeek:
Today in a lot of societies in Asia and Africa it is still common for cousins to marry. It is especially true if the families have money or property at stake. This way it stays with the family.

Little known fact, Prince Charles and Princess Diana were distant cousins.

[MOB Karen]

Today in a lot of societies in Asia and Africa it is still common for cousins to marry. It is especially true if the families have money or property at stake. This way it stays with the family.

Little known fact, Prince Charles and Princess Diana were distant cousins.

As long as it's really distant, I guess I could handle it. :)

[october6]

my was Reagan Ronald

[Kacie_bride]

Franklin Roosevelt was married to Eleanor, who also happened to be Teddy's niece. (Franklin and Eleanor were cousins.)

Oops. I had a brain fart, Franklin Roosevelt=fireside chats, Great Depression, beginning of WWII. Teddy Roosevelt= help me out, some kind of riders or something like that. That's pretty gross.

[SerendipityCrafts]

Ok this isn't the president but I thought I'd throw in my Canadian bit here!lol.

You go girl! Truth be told, I knew who the president was but I have no idea of who our PM was at the time. K I just googled it - 13th Prime Minister of Canada - John Diefenbaker (Progressive Conservative)

1982 huh? Gawd I feel old now .... I married my first 3 years after you were born!

Yup, PE Trudeau's wife caused quite the stir. Not your typical PM's wife .... LOL

[WhiskeyGirl]

You go girl! Truth be told, I knew who the president was but I have no idea of who our PM was at the time. K I just googled it - 13th Prime Minister of Canada - John Diefenbaker (Progressive Conservative)

1982 huh? Gawd I feel old now .... I married my first 3 years after you were born!

Yup, PE Trudeau's wife caused quite the stir. Not your typical PM's wife .... LOL

Hee hee! Yes I am young! Let me tell you, you certainly don't look old, you look very young and beautiful Elizabeth!! :)

I don't know much about politics...the only bad guy I can remember is Brian Mulruney. (and I can't spell his name!! lol)

[brewsells]

Jimmy Carter

[LaceyinPgh]

Oops. I had a brain fart, Franklin Roosevelt=fireside chats, Great Depression, beginning of WWII. Teddy Roosevelt= help me out, some kind of riders or something like that. That's pretty gross.

Theodore Roosevelt= Officer in the Spanish American War "leading" the Rough Riders, entered the US into Global politics to a higher degree "Speak softly but carry a big stick.", broke up many mojor trusts in the American economic system henceforth starting an end to true form capitalism in the US, started the Panama canal, added a correllary to the Monroe doctorine making it known tot he world the the US would handle any issues dealing with Latin America (hence ending a hold on the colonial system there by European nations), started conservation movements in America to preserve land, and was the namesake of the "Teddy" Bear.

[Kacie_bride]

Theodore Roosevelt= Officer in the Spanish American War "leading" the Rough Riders, entered the US into Global politics to a higher degree "Speak softly but carry a big stick.", broke up many mojor trusts in the American economic system henceforth starting an end to true form capitalism in the US, started the Panama canal, added a correllary to the Monroe doctorine making it known tot he world the the US would handle any issues dealing with Latin America (hence ending a hold on the colonial system there by European nations), started conservation movements in America to preserve land, and was the namesake of the "Teddy" Bear.

Oh yes Rough Riders. That is it.

[CindySue]

Well I was born in 1973, I had to look up who was president then (I wasn't very good at History) but here ya go ...

Richard M. Nixon, thirty-seventh President of the United States (1969-1974)
Me too!........(I didnt know who it was either)

[cowboysbride]

I didn't have to look it up either, Ronald Reagan and the Vice President was George Bush.

OMG SOMEONE SHOOT ME NOW!
THIS MAKES ME FEEL ANCIENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Richard Nixon was in when I was born

[LaceyinPgh]

OMG SOMEONE SHOOT ME NOW!
THIS MAKES ME FEEL ANCIENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Richard Nixon was in when I was born
Next school year, I'll start to get studnets who were born during the Clinton Administration. THAT makes you feel old.

[cowboysbride]

Next school year, I'll start to get studnets who were born during the Clinton Administration. THAT makes you feel old.

Yeah that would make me feel old, I liked Clinton, who cares what he did with Monica Lewinski....hell bring him back so Hillary can straighten us out again! LOL!

[LaceyinPgh]

Yeah that would make me feel old, I liked Clinton, who cares what he did with Monica Lewinski....hell bring him back so Hillary can straighten us out again! LOL!

I can't say that I loved or hated Billy. I just know that I had a **** good time between 1992 and 2000.

[cowboysbride]

I can't say that I loved or hated Billy. I just know that I had a **** good time between 1992 and 2000.

Here, Here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:bbmrgreen:

Wait, only if you don't count the ******* I was with at at that time!

[MOB Karen]

OMG SOMEONE SHOOT ME NOW!

THIS MAKES ME FEEL ANCIENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Richard Nixon was in when I was born


You guys are killing me here!! Helloooooooo..... Dwight D. Eisenhower? How would that make you feel? LOL!! :D

[cowboysbride]

You guys are killing me here!! Helloooooooo..... Dwight D. Eisenhower? How would that make you feel? LOL!! :D

Ahem Karen MOB! Hello? You're supposed to be aged to perfection girlfriend! LOL

By the way I love that pic of you and Amber...you guys look just alike!

[Kacie_bride]

Next school year, I'll start to get studnets who were born during the Clinton Administration. THAT makes you feel old.

Wow. I does not seem like that was that long ago. I remember that. Scarey.

[MOB Karen]

Ahem Karen MOB! Hello? You're supposed to be aged to perfection girlfriend! LOL

By the way I love that pic of you and Amber...you guys look just alike!

I know, but Eisenhower? It just kills me. LOL!!

Thanks, Ellen!! She's my little twinsy!! ;)

[Kacie_bride]

Yeah that would make me feel old, I liked Clinton, who cares what he did with Monica Lewinski....hell bring him back so Hillary can straighten us out again! LOL!

Who knows, you may get your wish. Hillary versus Condalisa 2008! Wouldn't that be something! Force America to vote in a woman president. Men have been screwing the world up for long enough. I think we need a woman leader!

[cowboysbride]

I know, but Eisenhower? It just kills me. LOL!!

Thanks, Ellen!! She's my little twinsy!! ;)

My mommy is 64 Karen...you're still young!

[MOB Karen]

Who knows, you may get your wish. Hillary versus Condalisa 2008! Wouldn't that be something! Force America to vote in a woman president. Men have been screwing the world up for long enough. I think we need a woman leader!

There is no way in God's green earth, that I can vote for Hilary! And I'm a Democrat!!! Ewwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!

[MOB Karen]

My mommy is 64 Karen...you're still young!

That makes me feel a little bit better. ;) Who was president when she was born? She's 14 years older than me. She could be my Aunt, but not my Mother. Hopefully... :)

[cowboysbride]

That makes me feel a little bit better. ;) Who was president when she was born? She's 14 years older than me. She could be my Aunt, but not my Mother. Hopefully... :)

That would have been Franklin D Roosevelt 1933-1945! And back in those days she could have very easily been your mother...mom was raising all her younger brothers and sisters by then and working (not going to school) that was during the depression!

[MOB Karen]

That would have been Franklin D Roosevelt 1933-1945! And back in those days she could have very easily been your mother...mom was raising all her younger brothers and sisters by then and working (not going to school) that was during the depression!

Ok, Ellen, it's official!! I feel better!! LOL!!! :D I wonder who was president when my Mom was born? Hmmmmmmm....... probably Lincoln. LOL!!!

[CindySue]

Ok, Ellen, it's official!! I feel better!! LOL!!! :D I wonder who was president when my Mom was born? Hmmmmmmm....... probably Lincoln. LOL!!!
Ok...thats just mean!!!!!!:bbmrgreen:

[MOB Karen]

Ok...thats just mean!!!!!!:bbmrgreen:

I know. Sometimes I have a streak that goes through me,:bbevil: especially for my Mother. LOL!! :)

[countrygirl]

I guess I am the first Gerald Ford baby here ('74-77)!! The only thing I really know about him is he took over when Nixon boo-boo'd.

[CindySue]

I know. Sometimes I have a streak that goes through me,:bbevil: especially for my Mother. LOL!! :)
Brian is almost 6 years older than me and I tease him like that!

[usahgrad]

Ronald Reagan was president when I was born and Richard Nixon was president when Jason was born.

[Kacie_bride]

There is no way in God's green earth, that I can vote for Hilary! And I'm a Democrat!!! Ewwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!

I want Condalisa to run. I really like her. That is who I would vote for if it was between Hilary and her.

[WebLady]

Harry Truman was president when my Dad was born in 1950. He was still pres when my Mom was born in '52 (I think) He was the Thirty-Third President (1945-1953)

[Kacie_bride]

When my dad was born in 1946 the president was Trumen.

When my mom was born in 1954 the president was Eisenhower.

I had to look this up!

[tha_mrs]

Reagan was

[SoontobeMrsClark07]

Ronald Reagan... I had to look it up cause I wasnt sure... I'm 1986 so I was born in an election year...

[Italianobabe_89]

I was born May 26, 1986 so the president was Ronald Regan.

[Jacklynn]

President: Reagan
Vice President: Bush

[LizabethDavis]

I too am a Reagan baby.....I don't pay much attention to politics..Not my thing.

[wendy9879]

Jimmy Carter, the thirty-ninth President of the United States (1977-1981)

[theweddinghelper]

1982 So the pres. was:
http://s67.photobucket.com/albums/h293/sugaravery23/th_RR.jpg (http://s67.photobucket.com/albums/h293/sugaravery23/?action=view&current=RR.jpg&refPage=&imgAnch=imgAnch1) Ronald Reagan when I was born too.

[Crystal05]

Ronald Reagan.