If you could pick two (us) presidents from any era for a televised debate, who would you choose & why?

Lincoln vs. FDR would be good.

I’d like to see Thomas Jefferson vs. Ronald Reagan. I believe the man who wrote the Declaration of Independence could easily hand Reagan his ass in such a setting.

Jimmy Carter vs Theodore Roosevelt.
“Big Teddy” would have “Jim Boy” spitting peanuts out of his arsehole.

I guess I would start by limiting the choices to “living” presidents. Even Obama could win a debate with (most) dead presidents.

Andrew Shepherd vs Thomas J. Whitmore :D

@WillWorkForChocolate President Beck would kick both their asses.

Abraham Lincoln and Mitt Romney because I’m not too keen on Mitt.

Are you looking for a good debate from them, or a one sided match up?

I have a hard time keeping Lincoln of any pairing. He was known as the Great Debator for a reason.

Up against him though, could really be any number of guys. Clinton, Reagan, Kennedy, FDR, Teddy, Jackson… all would be astute competition. I would leave off a few surprising names though. Jefferson for example, was known to be a terrible public speaker.

Just to be contrary, Millard Fillmore vs. “Silent Cal” Coolidge.

@tedd And Lincoln wasn’t afraid to back up his opinions physically. If it got too bad, we could watch The Great Debater kick the ever-loving crap out of whoever he was opposing. Call me barbaric, but that would be awesome to see. I can just imagine Lincoln smacking Dubya upside the head for his “I don’t think atheists should be considered citizens” line. And it makes me smile.

I would stack President Dave against any fictional president that @WillWorkForChocolate wants to name. And Sigourney Weaver against any real or fictional First Lady, too.

@CWOTUS You’re on. Jed Bartlet!

Jack Nicholson & Glenn Close.

Glenn Close was only a VeeP.

I’d rather see Jackson and Teddy Roosevelt in a dual.

@uberbatman Just copy and paste their faces onto Anakin and Obi-Wan for the fight scene at the end of Revenge of the Sith. Pretty much the same thing.

@filmfann No, she was the first lady in Mars Attacks alongside Nicholson’s president.

@ucme She was also the VeeP in Air Force One.

Oh, I see… You were answering @CWOTUS ‘s comment about Pres and 1st Lady. Sorry.