If Dead Presidents Could Speak to Barack Obama...

Washington: Remember to hear both sides, but above all else, don’t side with either of them.


Jefferson: The government does not have the power to do anything, except when it does.


Quincy Adams: Don’t let other people take credit for your ideas



Jackson: If you take the bullet, you'll have plenty of time to shoot back



Harrison: Wear a coat



Taylor: Watch what you eat.



Johnson: They let a black guy become president?



TR: If you shoot first, you won’t have to take a bullet



Taft: Mmm... pie



Coolidge: ...



FDR: Ends justify the means, especially if the means are wide-spread fraud



LBJ: One bad decision can cancel out thousands of good decisions



Carter: Being president actually involves being president



(oh wait, Carter's not dead)