I think this might be the consensus, but I'd say Ben Franklin. Just in all areas of life, he improved America. From electricity to politics to the national bird, he was influencial. He established America as a power in the world through his negotations while being ambassador to France. Anyone else you guys can think of as a great non-presidential American?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (cb4fan @ Dec 21 2006, 04:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Martin Luther King changed America.</div>Didn't even think of him, I was totally think 1700-1800's
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (yankshater213 @ Dec 21 2006, 05:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Best person never to be President? LC.</div>Hahahah I agree man! :happy0144:
thats a sweet avy dude. and yes, I deifntely think mlk coulda been a great president, but during that time, it would put his life in even more danger.
I agree that Ben Franklyn is without a doubt the most important person in American History never to be president; he likely could have been president had he lived longer. He would have stood a good chance against John Adams in the election of 1796.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (redneck @ Dec 21 2006, 06:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I agree that Ben Franklyn is without a doubt the most important person in American History never to be president; he likely could have been president had he lived longer. He would have stood a good chance against John Adams in the election of 1796.</div>doubt it, saying Ben Franklin died 6 years before that election even happend...
Ben Franklin was a smart man, but also a terrible drunk. They used to always send someone home with him whenever he got really drunk, because otherwise he would reveal important secrets. This is a story I have been told, anyway.MLK would have been a great president. He's just a really great speaker. Obviously it is easy to say that he would have been great now that he is gone.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Camby23Land @ Dec 22 2006, 01:11 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>In the world? Mohandas Gandhi.</div>Do you mean Mahatma? And I'm sure you know he couldn't be US president.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Justice @ Dec 22 2006, 12:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Do you mean Mahatma? And I'm sure you know he couldn't be US president.</div>People call him both names.Also, it didn't say if they could have been or not.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Camby23Land @ Dec 22 2006, 01:57 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>People call him both names.Also, it didn't say if they could have been or not.</div>Yeah, I just figured that out. I always see Mahatma because there is a poster of him in my apartment.L C did say greatest non-presidential American, and I'd think that the topic would kinda imply that the person would be able to be a president in the first place. But hey, no biggie!Edit: or are you referring to something else... there's really no antecedent for the "it" in that last sentence.
I personally believe the greatest person to never become president is Collin Powell. He would have been a great president for us, much better than Bush, Gore, Kerry, or anyone else that has been in the running for president since Bill Clinton.
