http://coedmagazine.com/2009/03/20/top-5-toughest-presidents/http://rooktopia.wordpress.com/2007/08/21/top-10-most-badass-us-presidents/I coulda SWORN I read something about this here. But here are the general nominees
1. Jackson. His psychotic toughness is legendary and universally agreed on. Scares us 200 years later. Makes the rest of the list combined look like a bunch of Dalai Llamas. The aliens still aren't sure if the time is right to attack due to the actions of this one man.
2. Teddy Roosevelt. Mighta been dumb enough to try to fight Jackson. Was a sickly child who shook it off.
3. George H W Bush...jumped out of a burning plane at age 16 or so with bullets flying by his head. Liked it so much he did it again for his 85th birthday. Wife said she was unimpressed because the jump wasn't perfect
4. Washington...Fought in some pretty nasty conditions in the Revolution and French and Indian war. Must have done something right because far from mutinying after Valley Forge his soldiers offered him dictator for life status...and he turned it down
5. Gerald Ford...All American football player at Michigan
6. James Madison...was 5ft 4 and like 90 pounds, but when the British attacked DC he ran off on a horse and became the last commander in Chief to give orders in the field while Dolly evacuated the White House and ensured the only thing the Brits got was the huge meal she had been cooking that day
7. Hillary Clinton...as Secretary of State goes to Pakistan and tells them if they don't like drone attacks that just too darn bad cause we don't care. "Someone in Pakistan knows where Bin Laden is".
8. Eleanor Roosevelt.
9. FDR Was married to Eleanor Roosevelt. Decided polio shouldn't be that big a deal in winning 4 elections.
10. Lincoln. Tallest president. Tough wrestler. Stated the election that made him happiest was when his neighbors elected him captain of the local militia.
11. Swam several miles dragging a crew man by hi strap in his teeth with a messed up back
Least tough presidents.
1. Obama. Invited a buddy, Biden, and a cop for a beer. Had it in dress clothes outside with silver bowls of nuts and pretzels. Vice president drank a non-alcho beer and Obama declined to viciously make fun of him for it. Stated it was gentlemen agreeing to disagree. Andrew Jackson's ghost was so disgusted he peed in the Buckler beer.
2. Thomas Jefferson. Preached equality while forcing 8 year olds to work making nails in his nailery and kept notes on their efficiency. Wouldn't admit to an affair with a slave which produced multiple kids. Wouldn't free her or the kids (but taught them to read!). Enjoyed the good life and ran his manor into the ground. Left his slave to deal with the Brits when they came to his house. The slave took the heat showing far more backbone than he did. Neck and neck with Jackson for biggest presidential jerk.
3. Dick Cheney. 6 draft deferments and way too much fried food
4. George W Bush. Learned to fly a jet but got into Air National Guard with the lowest possible scores when it was impossible to get in with the highest scores. Might not have showed up and was let out early to help his father campaign. what the heck?
5. Carter. I give him credit for being a farmer and living his values of extreme pacifism. Makes Lord Neville Chamberline look like a tough negotiator.
6. Reagan. Was never a soldier. Played one on TV.
7. Taft Got stuck in a bathtub
8. William Henry Harrison. Died after 30 days in office from a cold