Favorite US President

[Spongebob]

 Neither TR, nor Lincoln or even Thomas Jefferson would win a nomination on today's Republican party.

Let's get one thing straight, Jefferson was not a Republican (in the modern sense).  That was a different party that had some aspects of both our current day parties, but the issues were a bit different then and some of those don't even exist today.

But you are correct that none of those men had ideologies that would fit well within the modern GOP, although some aspects certainly would.  TR and Lincoln's progressiveness are anathema to the modern GOP.  Because of the evolution of parties over time, I try not to compare leaders by party if they served more than half a century apart.  Andrew Jackson, for instance, is considered the founder of the Democratic party, but his politics don't compare well at all with the modern Democratic party.  I used to like to compare early presidents to modern ones but the only way the comparisons really make sense is if you look at specific traits, like what kind of leadership skills or communication skills or decision making during war; that sort of stuff.  

And just in case it wasn't clear, I'm not promoting TR as the best president ever.  He's simply my favorite president to read and learn about because of his personality mostly.  I'm an avid reader of presidential biographies and there's just so much rich history behind the men who have risen to lead our country.