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In the discussion thread: POLL: Where is Mitt Romney in terms of political ideology? [View all]

Thu Apr 26, 2012, 12:56 AM

RZM (8,296 posts)

34. The problem there is Franklin, Obama, and Douglas are very different figures

Franklin was a polymath and founding father. Douglas was a former slave who rose to become a prominent figure. Obama is, well, a guy who made it in politics. While his presidency is historic, he really isn't. Not trying to offend anybody here, but he's just a dude who's really good at what he does. That just doesn't fit with the great historical figures. His presidency will go down as a great moment, but he's not going to go down as a great man. Just a good man, which he is. But good men are pretty common. Nothing wrong with that, of course, but it's a damn site from Douglas and Franklin.

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37 replies	Author	Time	Post
POLL: Where is Mitt Romney in terms of political ideology? [View all]	ellisonz	Apr 2012	OP
NO WHERE, MAN!	elleng	Apr 2012	#1
Kitteh!	ZM90	Apr 2012	#2
Severe Douchebag wasn't on the list	Kennah	Apr 2012	#3
I see him more as an empty spent Douchebag....	WCGreen	Apr 2012	#7
Conservative/D-bag, wherein lies the distinction these days?	Kurovski	Apr 2012	#8
Channeling BO to the late 1950s ...	Kennah	Apr 2012	#21
Evil anti-corporatist.	Kurovski	Apr 2012	#22
8 Reasons Why Mitt Romney Is More Right Wing Than George W. Bush	Tx4obama	Apr 2012	#4
Mittsy's gonna do the job he's hired for, he'll fire ALL your asses if he has to.	Kurovski	Apr 2012	#5
Hmmm. I can see him ripping an arm off and beating someone to death with it sooo...	Kurovski	Apr 2012	#6
That was my vote.	ellisonz	Apr 2012	#9
He also mirrors and mimics whatever is in front of him.	Kurovski	Apr 2012	#10
True that	ellisonz	Apr 2012	#20
I choose what I could	angrychair	Apr 2012	#11
Before I answer that question	DFW	Apr 2012	#12
Yay, we have polling again!	customerserviceguy	Apr 2012	#13
How about 'Entrepreneur of Cash and Carry Government'	KurtNYC	Apr 2012	#14
Whatever gets him the most votes.	Arkana	Apr 2012	#15
I voted chameleon--whatever will help him at the time.	WI_DEM	Apr 2012	#16
I really don't think Romney knows where the hell he is.	center rising	Apr 2012	#17
If classic Communism was a dominant ideology and the movement would give him the career he wanted he	Douglas Carpenter	Apr 2012	#18
On the roof of one of his Cadillacs	KamaAina	Apr 2012	#19
DUzy!	Kurovski	Apr 2012	#24
He's a Ma$ter Bull$hitter!	Joe Bacon	Apr 2012	#23
He's a latter day Joseph Smith Jr.	Kurovski	Apr 2012	#25
Interesting question	RZM	Apr 2012	#26
The DU consensus is chameleon.	ellisonz	Apr 2012	#27
Nah, other way around	RZM	Apr 2012	#28
Could be worse...	ellisonz	Apr 2012	#29
True dat	RZM	Apr 2012	#30
Amen.	ellisonz	Apr 2012	#31
LOL. No	RZM	Apr 2012	#32
Interesting.	ellisonz	Apr 2012	#33
The problem there is Franklin, Obama, and Douglas are very different figures	RZM	Apr 2012	#34
They're all autobiographies that function...	ellisonz	Apr 2012	#35
I take your point	RZM	Apr 2012	#36
I wouldn't apply the molds of the past...	ellisonz	Apr 2012	#37

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