Posted on Mar 6, 2014
SFC Anabel Cepero
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If you could meet a former President, who would it be and what would you ask him?

John F. Kennedy and I'd ask him if this is where he saw America going and how he felt about the way the troops were being used. 
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SPC Christopher Smith
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This should be fun, if i could ask one President a question it would be James Madison, what is the true meaning of "right to bear arms", and are we doing a disservice to our country by attempting to limit access to them?
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That is a great question SPC.
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SFC Mark Merino
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SPC Christopher Smith You win the internet for the day with that response.
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SFC James Baber
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I actually have 2, the first would be President Nixon; I would ask him how he was able to open up and maintain the great connections he had with what was then our current enemies and calm many things down that were taking place across the globe at the time during the Cold War. And 2nd, President Reagan, how does he view what has transpired with the country during the millennium, especially the last 5 years of politics within the legislative and executive branches, and with his sense of direction what he would do to try and fix it among both parties?


I think both of those minds would be a great help to our nation at the current status and point we are at.

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SFC Anabel Cepero
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SFC Baber,


 


I like your thinking. I definitely agree with you. Too bad we can't get real answers and sit and pick at their brains!

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CSM Michael Poll
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George Washington,  What do you think of the way the country, that you fought so hard to gain independance for, has turned out?
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CSM Poll,


 


I'd be very curious to hear that answer if we could get one.

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SGT Ben Keen
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I think it would be great to ask him what message did he give his subordinates to keep the Army together as they froze camping in the hills of Valley Forge.  Talk about a Leadership Challenge!
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This one might be a little odd but I think it would be fun to sit down and meet John Adams.  It would be interesting to hear how he felt taking over for George Washington and how he overcame the difficulty of knowing the type of shoes he had to filled.
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I like that one, I wonder what he was thinking knowing he had to replace him.
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President Lincoln.  I would ask about his reconstruction plans and how if implemented in his own way, they would shape our nation trying to heal the wounds of a long and bitter war amongst ourselves.
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SFC Anabel Cepero
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Sir,


 


Thats a great question, I'm sure he'd have some wise words to that. On top of that question I'd want to ask him how he feels about the movie Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, just out of curiosity.

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SPC Christopher Smith
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SGT Cepero, from what I know about Lincoln, he had a great sense of humor, I'd imagine he'd find the humor in his youth slaying evil creatures of the night. Haha
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Edited 10 y ago
President Theodore Roosevelt, I would ask him what does he think of Social Security now since in put into action. 
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SPC Christopher Smith
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1SG Haro, I'd be interested in knowing how he feels about SS being used as a Federal cash pot to pay down national debts.

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I know he is rolling over in his grave as we type!
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Good question 1SG (Join to see) !
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James Madison. I would like to hear him relate his thoughts on his input into the U.S. Constitution and the Federalist Papers and what his perspective would be with regards to the political climate and division in today's world.


I keep hearing people say and seeing people post on social media with inference to what the founding fathers would be saying or doing right now. I'm the kind of person that likes to get it from the horse's mouth, so to speak.

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An impressive and thought-provoking question!


George Washington said at his Farewell Address: However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they
are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which
cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power
of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying
afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion."


I'd like to ask him what a citizen Army is bound to do in such situations.

However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.
Read more at http://www.notable-quotes.com/w/washington_george.html#IBb30TqC2FWXmAya.99
However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.
Read more at http://www.notable-quotes.com/w/washington_george.html#IBb30TqC2FWXmAya.99
However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.
Read more at http://www.notable-quotes.com/w/washington_george.html#IBb30TqC2FWXmAya.99
However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.
Read more at http://www.notable-quotes.com/w/washington_george.html#IBb30TqC2FWXmAya.99
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SFC Anabel Cepero
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Sir,


 


That would be a great topic of discussion, I wonder what he would have answered with. It would be great to sit down with our former leaders and hear their wise words.

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Lincoln. I would ask him if he would make the same decisions if he could see the US as it is today.
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I would ask Andrew Jackson if I could party with him. He was known for throwing large lavish parties in the white house. He was also a great military leader. He also was the first president to have been subject to an assassination but it failed. He also defended New Orleans in the war of 1812 by partnering up with pirates. Can't get much more bad ass than that.
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Yes, Andrew Jackson knew how to have a good time!
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My Guard unit is named after him. The 30th ABCT is called "Old Hickory" after him. When the 30th as a DIV it was composed from units in the TN, NC, and SC area.
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