The 5 Most Badass Presidents of All-Time

teddy roosevelt is basically the Chuck norris of presidents

Wow - I had no idea Roosevelt was such a...well, a badass. Very interesting stuff; really makes our current leaders look like a bunch of whiny, ineffective pussies.

Jmx what-ever-your-name-is...leading the trail of tears is not a display of badassery. It is a display of jackassery. The badassedness of that situation was giving the rapist/oppressor/trailblazers syphillis for all their trouble. Since it was innocuous to the indians and deadly to ol' whitey.

Actually... He is right and that makes you the tard. 1828 was in the 19th century, just like it is now the 21st century

Wow. Guy below me is a tard!

1828 is neither the 17th, nor the 18th century, friends...

@socialmisfit9: the teddybear was named after him because bear was his favorite animal to hunt. Teddy... bear...
@Fidelis: your a tool. Not only do you not know your history and what good came of that president, but your blind of what your current one is up to.
And no, he hasn't just spent all your money, he's produced the biggest debt your country has ever seen to date. Oh, and China has bought a big chunk of it, fantastic!

Fidelis: you're a tool. George Bush is the closest the united States has ever gotten to a dictator. the united States is no longer a legal democracy. Bush has the power right now to stop the election process and remain in power, as long as he deems there is a threat to the American people.
And there's always some fake, sensationalized threat out there. "OH NO! Iran looked at us funny! let's strip our countrymen of their civil rights and spend all their money on another senseless engagement of battle on an undeserving nation"

Jefferson Davis should definitely be number 1.

Where the hell is Abraham Lincoln, i was sure he was going to be number 1, seeing that he was a beast, and the closest thing America has ever had to being a dictator.

Andrew Jackson wrote death threats to his opponent John Quincy Adams. He probably would have killed the crap out of him given the chance. He also believed the world was flat.

Oh and George Washington was also a badass for growing marijuana in his back garden lol.

Don't forget, Jackson also tried to wipe out the cherokee with unfiorced marches.

i don't know. Even though Teddy roosevelt was a Trooper, who punched asthma in the face, John Adams had fun getting shot.
I have no idea which one is my favorite. probably Teddy Roosevelt. because of the teddy bear.
but..How in the hell did someone come up with the teddy bear? the most soft, cuddliest little guy ever, when Teddy roosevelt was almost the opposite of a teddy bear?
the mysteries of the world.

Hans is basically right. TR refused to kill a bear cub tied to a tree. Had that bear been adult and free, he'd probably have beaten it to death with his glasses.

In response to Spellmage, they named the Teddy bear after Roosevelt because he wouldn't shoot a bear that had been tied up to a tree. He preferred to venture out into the forest alone with nothing but his bloodlust and round spectacles and slay bears the right way: His way.

Upon hearing of this 'compassion' a stuffed animal factory gave their stuffed bear his name.

Roosevelt also founded the most of our major national parks, I think including Yosemite and Yellowstone (I could be mistaken, my history's a bit rusty). But this I know for certain: he regarded people from Asia as "lacquered half-monkeys". He was a badass, but he wasn't perfect.

I love the list, but would probably add Lyndon Johnson. Anyone who makes his underlings wait outside the bathroom stall and yells at them while he poops, is pretty badass. Plus he got more tail than Kennedy.

"There's a spider near the door." hahahahaha lol

Teddy Roosevelt's progeny were also manly men. Theodore Jr. was the only General who landed on Normandy Beach on D-Day, and also won the Medal of Honor. Quentin was shot down as a fighter pilot in WWI. Archibald suffered wounds in both World Wars earning 100% disability BOTH times. Grandson Kermit led a small group behind the 1953 coup in Iran placing the Shah into power.

Teddy Roosevelt has always been awesome in my book. I mean, those pictures are proof enough. You just look at the man and say "holy shit, that is one badass guy."