When I watch the episodes, I try to think of my ten favorite. I only wish to limit to ten because, well, ten is a good number. I shall give my list along with my reasons.

10. Bill Clinton - Ended Reaganomics; refused to make recessions on education and Medicare/Medicaid in the 1995 budget negotiations; balanced the federal budget for the first time since Andrew Jackson; helped the peace effort with Israel and Palestine; lent military aid to NATO to halt ethnic cleansing in Kosovo; fought the impeachment trial and gained popularity with 1998 midterm elections; presided over the biggest economic expansion in American History.

9. Harry Truman -- Desegregated the military via executive order in 1948, as well as, recognizing Israel; dropped atomic bombs to end World War Two; implemented the Marshall Plan; created the Truman Doctrine which was the foreign policy of the U.S. for the next forty years; saw the design of NATO.

8. James Polk -- Expanded the U.S. to the Pacific Coast; made the White House very accessible to the public; settled the territorial problems with the U.K. over Oregon; set up an independent treasury; lowered tariffs; won the Mexican War; accomplished this in one term.

7. Thomas Jefferson -- Changed the American Presidency by expanding the office; doubled the size of the U.S. via the Louisiana Purchase; commissioned the Lewis and Clark expedition; quite cleverly he never responded to his alleged affair with Sally Hemmings when mentioned by the press.

6. John Adams -- Stubborn when he thought he was right; the best accomplishment was the peace he oversaw with France in the aftermath of the X, Y, Z Affair and not seek war with France; always honest and into doing what was best for the country.

5. George Washington -- Father of the Country; held neutrality in the war between France and Britain; ended the Whiskey Rebellion; held the best cabinet of all the presidents; did the best thing of all presidents by setting the precedent of a maximum of two terms.

4. Teddy Roosevelt -- Youngest one to assume the presidency; made monumental contributions to the progressive movement; fought monopolies; received the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in arbitrating the end of the Russo-Japanese War; expanded the Monroe Doctrine with the Roosevelt Corollary concerning Central and South America; built the Panama Canal; fascinating orator.

3. Abraham Lincoln -- The Great Emancipator; winner of the Civil War; turned the attitude of the Civil War from preserving the Union to being moral liberators; only President to have the tenure of office defined by success/failure of war; man of simple, strong words and great principles; author of Gettysburg Address.

2. Andrew Jackson -- The American Lion; voice of the common man, Ole Hickory; man of character and convictions; ended the national bank's charter; paid off the national debt; first man to win the popular vote in 1824 election; fought for an even playing field.

1. Franklin D. Roosevelt -- The President who saw the U.S. through the Great Depression; implemented government programs to put people back to work such as the WPA, CCC, TVA, etc.; instituted Social Security for the elderly and retirees and Medicare and Medicaid for the poor and elderly; devised ways for a successful military campaign in Asia, Africa, and Europe; saw the creation of the United Nations.

These are my top ten with my reasons. I hope to hear your top ten, or five, and how my top ten is someone else's least favorite top ten!

Always thinking....