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Our Greatest President

Written by Matt Browning

Saturday, 24 November 2007

Dear askbrowning,

Who would you say is our greatest president of all time?

Cordially,

Laura B. (Washington D.C.)

Laura B.,

Let me tackle this question one step at a time. First we must define “greatest.” The English word “greatest” comes from the English word “great” meaning the most influential. You see, when someone has the GREATEST influence on someone else it is said that person is INFLUENCED by the other person. So our word “greatest” is synonymous with “influence.”

So then the question becomes, what president has had the most influence on our society. As we look around our society today we notice two main things about Americaness: 1) our badassness and 2) our morbid obesity. When we look at our past presidents in search of which one influenced America in both of these we find ourselves staring right into the face of William Howard Taft, the 27^th president of these United States of America.

Because of Taft’s great influence on American society I would have to say that he is by far our GREATEST PRESIDENT!

Providentially,

askbrowning

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About "askbrowning"

Along with a discussion of wonder comes questions. Questions about the meaning of life, questions about the origins of life, questions about why all of Nickelback's songs sound exactly the same.

Of course there are times when we must allow mystery to be mysterious, but at other times that is not enough. There are those of us who must ask the questions that burn in our guts like a fire that is really, really, really hot; so hot that it's not even orange, but is a blue-colored flame fire. But where in this world shall we turn when our guts burn with these questions? Who among us can we ask these questions of? When there is no one else to ask... ASKBROWNING.

That is why we at rednow have created the askbrowning section. If you have a question that perplexes, please hesitate no longer; send your question to askbrowning [at] rednow [dot] com.