The American President: Happenstance

[@jimmyguitar2933]

In ten years we'll look back on every documentary like this with nostalgia. "Remember when we had a stable republic?"

[@fshoaps]

The Republic was not 'stable' during the 1800s, bruh.

[@MikeJonesU2gh]

lol he says stable government? Yes slavery, women not voting, no regulations on child labor or building restrictions. Stable?

[@MikeJonesU2gh]

@RockyRepublican❤

[@guillermofalla3102]

@RockyRepublican the new right is not being violent

[@MineralGPK]

​@@MikeJonesU2gh you guys are still butt hurt over thatbstuff as if it happened to you. You must be a regressive leftoid

[@katrinag2623]

This series is so well-done and enlightening - Thank you for your work on these documentaries.

[@lifestoriesinterviews]

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[@ronaldzent6321]

Excellent history lesson on the presidency, nothing like this in any textbook.

[@jonathankeim8239]

Yes it is , the series originally aired on pbs in 2000 and then was released on dvd by Warner brothers which I own

[@johnnotrealname8168]

There is a book actually.

[@lynnfisher3037]

That's just a supposedly small but in reality HUGE piece of the puzzle of the destruction of America from within. Who's behind it? The answers are right in front of us now. I It's called Progressivism. Wake up...the lights are back on in Boston's Old North Church.

[@chrisgrech7992]

No man ever entered the Presidency so profoundly and widely distrusted as Chester Alan Arthur, and no one ever retired ... more generally respected, alike by political friend and foe." The New York World summed up Arthur's presidency at his death in 1886: "No duty was neglected in his administration, and no adventurous project alarmed the nation." Mark Twain wrote of him, "It would be hard indeed to better President Arthur's administration."

[@khalidalali186]

Truman was sure someone special.

[@jackthoma3600]

@@khalidalali186 . Truman was an extremely poor money manager who drank too much

[@williamgregory1848]

39:24 “It’s awful hard to live up to those [religious beliefs] but if a man comes as near it as he possibly can, he usually makes a good citizen.” So true 😢😢😢

[@ronaldzent6321]

Think we could use a Harry Truman now, a real straight down to earth man. Who didn't seem to care about the trappings and title of the office itself. Think he tried his best, even if people didn't always agree with him

[@grioulaloula8594]

Truman was a great! He was an Everyman President.

[@dcasper8514]

YES !!! Harry Truman as a insecure man ?? Balderdash...

[@johnnotrealname8168]

I would dispute parts of this, he was very sure of himself as President, rightfully so. However he was very all over the place, he vetoed the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 but used it numerous times (Ironically Democrats use it often.), whilst one must commend his Executive Order desegregating the Armed Forces he did not enforce it well, he bungled Korea by not pressing his advantage and winning and of course he used two nukes!!! Nonetheless his actions in beginning the Cold War were indeed commendable.

[@jimmyguitar2933]

That time is long past. Now that everything is a media circus, all we're getting from now on is clowns.

[@dcasper8514]

Harry Truman knew that North Korea had China backing them.

[@dougmarkham5113]

Johnson was 5’10. Hardly short in 1865. His home is open for tours in Greenville, TN. Neat place. Also town where John Hunt Morgan met his end.

[@dln7527]

I'm always fascinated by the Presidency of Chester A. Arthur. I don't think he gets enough credit for the good that he did while in office.

[@presidentialchronicles1099]

You might want to check out the Presidential Chronicles series of KZbin videos on Arthur. Lots of good stuff on his life and his presidency. kzbin.info/aero/PLWgnnGCEZVAQ-G7XHfhpRD2JMvt0ibj1P

[@rickr3522]

And much to the surprise of his backers and the political establishment! Garfields death really impacted him.

[@angelabolton4478]

Yes, particularly given his status as Roscoe Conkling's lap dog beforehand. A 180 that benefitted the country.

[@michaelwilliams7907]

After a president has had his term he ought to get out and give the other fellow a chance. Rest In Peace mr Truman. If that is not how the American Way should be I don’t know what is ??? Humility in the White House.

[@johnnotrealname8168]

Uhhh...he was very unpopular. He could have gone on as by now he had precedent.

[@joanmurphy2166]

Thank you. I'm learning so much.

[@lifestoriesinterviews]

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[@jimtrack3786]

God Graced our American States with Harry Truman.

[@Eazy-ERyder]

Don Imus as Andrew Johnson...how appropriate

[@JH-lu9lx]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@waldolydecker8118]

lol, how true....drunkard, stupid, and a racist....totally spot on

[@FLAGSHIP-j3t]

YOU DAMN RIGHT IMUS SHOUTED OVER THE RADIO "KNAPPY HEADED HOES" IN REFERENCE TO BLACK WNBA STARS

[@mateuszmattias]

Seeing Harry Truman walking in Washington DC is fascinating. Sure he had security with him (especially after the failed attempt on his life in 1950), but still, imagine a US president going for a casual walk in the capital on a daily basis today.

[@bluevol1976]

Loved this! Well done. I agree with Harry. Naps are always a good idea.

[@jec1ny]

Tyler is a fascinating character. He was the only president whose death in 1862 received no official acknowledgment in Washington. There was no formal tribute, state funeral, or proclamation of mourning. When Tyler expired, he was a newly elected member of the Confederate Congress. As of this post, he also has the rather unusual distinction of having a living grandson. It appears that both Tyler and his youngest son both were dirty old men who married younger women late in life and were busy begatting deep into their old age.

[@dcasper8514]

Just doing what comes naturally.

[@roscomeon3965]

Obviously both had big hard 🍆🍆🍆🍆

[@johnnotrealname8168]

Dirty old men? What the @#£% are you on about? It was fairly common at the time, it was not and would not be today illegal and of course who the @#£% cares? They both consented.

[@millstodd8874]

Tyler was born when Washington was president, had 15 children, & still has one living grandson. That's almost the entire life span of our country.

[@KevinArchitect]

Good soundtrack to these documentaries.

[@lifestoriesinterviews]

Thank you!

[@matthewmorrison9344]

James Garfield would have survived his doctor was an idiot and Chester A Arthur stay drunk during his illness

[@shahrulamar5358]

Until few years ago 2 of President Tyler grandsons were still alive !!! 😮😮

[@elizabethsemarge4800]

I think one is still alive

[@shahrulamar5358]

@@elizabethsemarge4800 Not sure.

[@Official.Prez.Graves]

@@shahrulamar5358 yep one is still alive as of February 3 2024

[@shahrulamar5358]

@@Official.Prez.Graves In his 90s i think.

[@dr.debbiewilliams]

At least there are a lot of people who said "Thank You". It's ironic that both Johnson's took office after the assassination of their Predecessor.

[@mattmorris2141]

I had only ever heard Andrew Johnson was a villain, and I'm from TN. I appreciated this objective historical look at the man. Like many, many in his generation, he couldn't see the African as an equal, but that didn't mean he had no redeeming qualities.

[@lynnfisher3037]

In villainly you must be thinking of the other Johnson.

[@MrEzman99]

Andrew Johnson is the worst President we ever had.

[@katiedarlin]

President fillmore? Alex Baldwin?

[@usernamempk]

Alec, not Alex.

[@jamellfoster6029]

Lol. Fillmore could easily pass for Trump's grandpa. It's possible as John Tyler has a living (elderly) grandchild and Trump is almost 80.

[@RevLeigh55]

Tim Russert was listed as the voice of Fillmore, not Alec Baldwin.

[@mykelscott4148]

I’m glad I’m not the only one who asked the question.

[@janohare916]

There is a physical resemblance between Fillmore and Baldwin.

[@andiestewart7423]

How could it all go so wrong . Look where we are now 😢

[@DukeOfData]

Why did the skip over Teddy Roosevelt or Calvin Coolidge? TDR was a very significant president.

[@CJ87317]

Probably because the producers felt that the ones they skipped over here were better covered in episodes with other themes.

[@curtlindberg712]

Notice the black ribbons around the Capital pillars at Johnson's inageration. Wow

[@marknadratowski5728]

Tyler has one of the best portraits. That's all I can say about him.

[@haroldfadorka3816]

I found out how one feels when a sibling doesn't have a good opinion of another sibling. To be treated as untrustworthy and imply one can't be trusted because of being assumed a liar, thief and one to be watched closely or pay the consequences. The only choice is to forgive and hope things improve or remove yourself from the life of the wrong sibling. I chose to forgive and hope things improve and I finally got fed up and told the nasty sibling off and discontinued all communication.

[@Cathleen7259]

Yes I agree whole heartedly and I cut them out of my life and they hired people who previously had been my friends and they have their narrative and my family has always believed that they were the ones who were telling them the truth about me and they were propegating their own misgivings of what they themselves were doing wrong and other people who they were involved with who lived in our neighborhood were doing drugs I have not ever dealt drugs or sold drugs and I have never been in the house or anything like that except when I went in and the place reeked of drugs that they smoked in their bedroom clothes closet and shut the bedroom doors on their little kids and left them out there for me and my little son to play with them and watch tv And I tried to help them to get off drugs but they turned on me once they heard about Tracy they hooked into him because they liked gay men and they had been doing prostitution out in Fountain Hills Az they told everybody that they were going to play bingo and they came home with allot of money 💰 a couple of times a week at night they had an apartment in Fountain Hills and they went back there because it was Matt Mc Kiernans house and he met her first as a prostitute and then they went to get married in Arizona and she wanted me to go play bingo when I was dating Barry and I told her that’s it your out of your mind and I said you think your meeting great men turning yourself into a piece of white trash. She was scared of me telling Daddy about her and I did not rat on people I kill rats 🐀 and most people do not respect people that go around telling about other people it’s a good way to kill yourself because they are syndicated and have always been there and why would I do that when you are around these satanic ritualistic people who are just trying to live their lives and they pretend they are your friends and they come like a bunch of thieves to steal kill and destroy everything that you have. Why wouldn’t they just leave you alone and just appreciate what you did for them when she was begging for Xanax I helped her get in with Dr Pepper and it was him who told her that she does not have panic anxiety disorder and that she was seeking drugs because she used to do drugs and she didn’t even understand what she was doing. And then she cried and was like I am going to kill myself. I said “If you think like that you seriously need the hospital “and she put herself into Camelback Hospital and she was lockdown and I went to take her clothes because her Mother Helen was there taking care of her kids and she asked me to try to help her to try to get her to get off of the pot and pain medication from addiction to the dentist because that’s what happened to her she had done so many other things that her teeth were black and it was expensive and painful and she got worse and Jeffrey became the caregiver for Eddie and Kerry and Eddie she cut his bedroom door upstairs in half and had Matty hang it back on so he stayed in his playroom in his own bedroom by himself and he was in there hours alone and that was enough for me I did not go back again and my husband then was warned about her by a close contact and I found out afterwards that my adoptive sister Megan was paying Pat Mc Kiernan to hurt my daughter Irelan and ruin me and my daughter and my husband David and I did not do anything wrong to either one of them or anyone else that I loved and knew or people I did not like I left them alone and moved on from them. And they all follow me because they make money 💰 for the things they love off hurting me and my family. And it has nothing to do with me being a good person or a Royal Family 😂they have been doing this to me since I had my son Jason and they tried to shoot and kill my son in my arms so look you have no idea how dangerous it is to even now go over a neighbor house with them to sit down to a cup of tea or coffee. They pretend to love you and they are thinking about how they are going to kill your children and climb on the top of their heads to get what they want out of the government and she was IRS and knew the ropes and the system and she was apart of the government and she invited them to start to work with Megan who is in the most trouble her and McKiernan hung themselves up on their own ropes and they have their nooses getting tighter all of the time because no one else is and certainly not me cares what happens it has been out of my hands since she stole David’s house and she doesn’t know what she is doing! 53:06

[@billwheeler3687]

What? No segment on Coolidge? As the video ended, I thought I might have slept through it, which might seem appropriate. But you just left him out (and many would see that as appropriate, too).

[@johnnotrealname8168]

Actually yeah that is a gross mis-step but I suspect they put him in a different category like one-term or caretaker as it were.

[@Slaye509]

The irony of Don Imus narrating for Andrew Johnson.

[@jakethewatersnake]

Don Imus as Andrew Johnson

[@tamilhoward9708]

Of course Don Imus voiced the Andrew Johnson part.

[@Eazy-ERyder]

So they didn't even bother to cover the GREATEST vice president ascendant of them all, Theodore Roosevelt? What kinda crap is that??

[@optimisticneighsayer5823]

They do that in Episode 9. The historians thought it was more appropriate to cover him in the context of his efforts to expand the power and influence of the presidency than the mere fact he ascended.

[@robfigulski1139]

Weird you would skip over TR and Coolidge like that... odd

[@JWROWE3]

Very well done program. Interesting selections of "voices" as well. My only gripe is Teddy Roosevelt getting the "blink and you'll miss it" treatment. I'd have trimmed some of the time from Andrew Johnson and Chester Arthur to use for TR.

[@rickr3522]

Well, he does get a significant amount of attention, so maybe that was the point.

[@johnnotrealname8168]

Ehh, he is overrated anyway.

[@michaelplunkett8059]

How did you skip Johnson?

[@MattWatts-kv8rh]

I understand.

[@ericbaker9688]

I was always drawn to him because we share the same birthday. But he was a creep especially to his” slaves” …..

[@gavinsmith7908]

Truman saying, “When you’ve had your turn you outta get out and give someone else a chance”, is very interesting considering FDR took that “chance” for 4 elections

[@markfomenko8873]

The music rendered it unlistenable, particularly the high pitched and loud bit. You should have gotten independent feedback before completing it.

[@speakonthis]

So you just gloss over Ford? He was just as “accidental” as Truman was.

[@MineralGPK]

What about president Tyler. They called him his accidency

[@b.p.m.5136]

Baldwin brothers

[@alr9967]

I came here to make a Baldwin comment. The lead in photo looks like Alec

[@b.p.m.5136]

@@alr9967 he resided in the BALDWIN AREAS ,NY

[@ethanhart129]

Damn this is so 90s

[@fredrikcarlstedt393]

Truman, the American Cincinnatus .

[@jeanie8831]

The trumpet and flute are very annoying.

[@leeatterberry1239]

👍

[@johnwolffe8473]

What, no LBJ?

[@emilybetz8662]

Are they just focusing on certain president? No mention of Teddy Roosevelt or LBJ...

[@johnnotrealname8168]

Continue watching the series.

[@william2154]

Is that Alex Baldwin...?

[@iflick7235]

Wow Millard Fillmore looks allot like Alec Baldwin.

[@diegopons4622]

Fillmore = Alec Baldwin Johnson = Tommy Lee Jones

[@daveashby9989]

I have enjoyed for many years the pbs documentaries and series relating to American history and culture. Some of those were produced by pbs . The Liberty series & The Lincoln series specifically. For some reason only parts 1&2 of the Lincoln series are available on this forum at the moment. But i am sure that will change. I also highly recommend the Israel and Palestine series. First class. And of course the beautiful co production of Ken Burns The Civil War. However, this president series is a disgrace. So many distortions and misinformation with regards to truth, LBJ section perfect example. Very disappointing

[@mitch473]

He kind of looks like Alec Baldwin

[@DanielMulloy-bg6gw]

If I were Tyler I would have fired the entire cabinet at the start!

[@IloveEaster]

3 worst Reagan,Bush W,Trump

[@johnnotrealname8168]

All were pretty good actually.

[@benthus4259]

Beg to differ,, trump, trump, trump

[@anniedoyle4869]

What in the Alec Baldwin?

[@Strong_UP_Calvins_zombie]

"Get up champ" Muhahaha haaaaa

[@FLAGSHIP-j3t]

DAN ROSTENKOWSKI A MAN WHO'S POLITICAL CAREER CAME CRASHING DOWN DO TO SCANDAL AND ACCUSATIONS OF POLITICAL CORRUPTION AND DID JAIL TIME AS CHESTER ARTHUR A MAN WHO'S POLITICAL CAREER WAS LIFTED OFF BC OF CORRUPTION AND MACHINE POLITICS! WHAT I ASK COULD BE MORE APROPOS? 😂LOL

[@marknewton6984]

Know Nothin Party

[@capoislamort100]

Zachary Taylor could barely read or write.

[@rickr3522]

Yeah, back in those days when the Army said "be all that you can be", "literate" was not part of the package.

[@malvinderkaur541]

Usa initially was established by entire European lineage of immigrants, starting with Spanish armada of Christopher Columbus, and they brought along what exactly was going on in Europe of that time, the lineage which still is going on... the later immigrants from other Nations always been minority in comparison... especially from Asian regions.. though the rise of black white group was strange and almost fascist, yet from Asian immigrants most of well brought up, educated as well as hard working minds with humble disposition, not given to any of what one saw recently as Nation go up in one of the most strange phases of unrest within the Nation, all over...

[@johnnotrealname8168]

Ahh yes the notable European Immigrants. What do you mean settler colonialism?

[@walkedawayjoe]

I wonder if kamala Harris has this documentary on repeat ?🤔

[@BrokenneckYgor]

Fillmore was gay

[@skate103]

You're gay😂

[@millstodd8874]

Bucannon was the gay one. He lived with Rufus King almost his entire political career.

[@roscomeon3965]

A respected lawyer?? Lol.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 nearly every lawyer is a crook