Second, we've got William "who?" Mckinley and George Herbert Walker Bush. McKinley is seeded #9 and is well known for paper pushing. HW Bush is seeded #5, probably because of his time as a CIA agent and military service. Mckinley served too, but didn't have quite the connections that Father Bush did or the knowledge of how to kill a man by staring at him crossed-eyed.
Finally, we have Gerald Ford (#7) and Ulysses S. Grant (#1). Gerald Ford, the Navy Coach extraordinaire, taught swimming, boxing, navigation and gunnery. But he was a coach in the 60s and 70s. Picture Wonder Years or Freaks and Geeks gym scene. It's endearing and maybe just maybe all those skillsets will allow him to outsmart General Ulysses S. Grant, the guy who was the primary force behind the defeat of the Confederate Army at Appomattox, the guy who helped effectively take down the KKK. As much as we'd love to vote for the nice guy, remind yourself who you want standing next to you on the battlefield.
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Ulysses Grant- 18th President: As everyone knows, Point Pleasant, Ohio-born Grant played a dominant role in the second part of the Civil War. Under Grant, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and effectively ended the war with the surrender of Robert E. Lee's army at Appomattox. As president he led the Radical Republicans in their effort to eliminate Confederate nationalism and slavery; he effectively destroyed the Ku Klux Klan in 1871. (Eff yes!) Prior to his presidency he was a career soldier graduating from West Point. If he isn’t well-positioned to kick some ass in this battle, then no one is.
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#7 Gerald Ford - 38th President Ford is the only person to have served as both President and Vice President of the United States without being elected by Electoral College. Ford’s service in the as a Lieutenant in the Navy is impressive. He taught elementary navigation skills, ordnance, gunnery, first aid and military drill. Also, he coached in all nine sports that were offered, but mostly in swimming, boxing and football. The guy was athletic and multi-skilled.
#2 Teddy Roosevelt - 26th President: Roosevelt is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" persona and robust masculinity. He completed the Panama Canal and helped end the Russo-Japanese War. A sickly, asthmatic child, TR grew up to walk around with his big stick hanging out.
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#3 Ronald Reagan - 40th President: Before becoming President, Reagan was an actor in Western films as well as in radio and television. That's not hardcore, but he was an Army reserve despite being nearsighted. As President, Reagan implemented sweeping new political and economic initiatives. His supply-side economic policies, advocated reducing tax rates to spur economic growth, controlling the money supply to reduce inflation, deregulation of the economy, and reducing government spending. It failed. In his first term he survived an assassination attempt, took a hard line against labor unions, and ordered an invasion of Grenada.
#5 George H Bush - 41st President H.W enlisted in U.S Navy following Pearl Harbor and served until end of WWII. Both his sons George W. and Jeb Bush are well-known Republicans holding or formerly held high office. He breeds “winners.” As the former Director of CIA, Bush was privy to the countries darkest secrets and how to get things done. AKA HW Bush ain’t nuthin to fuck with.
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#9 William McKinley - 25th President: Fought in the Union Army and promoted several times. McKinley led the nation to victory in the Spanish–American War, raised protective tariffs to promote American industry, and maintained the nation on the gold standard in a rejection of inflationary proposals. Maybe all of his propensity towards building the American machine is what led to an assassination in 1901 by an anarchist.
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