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Wed Mar-09-11 05:23 AM
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| 30. FDR was both a lawyer and career politician |
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You need to check the history books before posting.
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| -Why are presidents always lawyers, career politicians ? |
TatonkaJames |
Mar-08-11 10:29 AM |
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Blah, Blah, Blah |
sharp_stick |
Mar-08-11 10:35 AM |
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But was he for or against the working class |
TatonkaJames |
Mar-08-11 11:27 AM |
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True - as are/were lawyers Teddy Kennedy, John Kerry, Dick Durbin, Pat Leahy, etc |
karynnj |
Mar-08-11 05:10 PM |
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I would replace them all, 'cept for Bernie Snders |
TatonkaJames |
Mar-12-11 07:31 AM |
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Duh, Bcause all the other lawyers would make lunch of him/her |
WingDinger |
Mar-08-11 10:55 AM |
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1) Better Social Skills to Manipulate, 2) Money |
vroomvroom |
Mar-08-11 12:03 PM |
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Obama hardly worked as a lawyer. He could have been millionaire before he was 30 |
obamafourmore |
Mar-08-11 12:12 PM |
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He is a millionaire now |
Freddie Stubbs |
Mar-08-11 01:24 PM |
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Because people bought his books. Not because of his non-existent lawyering practice. |
ClarkUSA |
Mar-08-11 04:59 PM |
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Because lawyers are the smartest people on Earth |
Jersey Devil |
Mar-08-11 12:17 PM |
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Jimmy Carter was not a lawyer. Nor, were Reagan or LBJ |
GoCubsGo |
Mar-08-11 12:30 PM |
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Please tell me W wasn't a lawyer either |
Ter |
Mar-08-11 09:05 PM |
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He wasn't.. |
GoCubsGo |
Mar-08-11 10:05 PM |
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Imo because most Americans could not pick an economist out of a line up. |
Kdillard |
Mar-08-11 12:32 PM |
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Political scientists, as a rule, don't practice politics |
Alcibiades |
Mar-08-11 12:58 PM |
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That's actually quite interesting, but I have another question for you that I hope you might be able |
Exilednight |
Mar-12-11 01:42 PM |
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Secretary of Energy Stephen Chu |
Shiver |
Mar-15-11 03:32 AM |
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Dupe |
Shiver |
Mar-15-11 03:32 AM |
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Paul Wellstone also had a political science PhD |
Hippo_Tron |
Mar-12-11 09:20 PM |
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The skills involved |
treestar |
Mar-08-11 04:53 PM |
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Let's pick Sarah Palin, she's no lawyer ... or economist, or rocket scientist ... |
JoePhilly |
Mar-08-11 04:58 PM |
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In China, almost all of the top leaders are engineers. Go figure. |
ClarkUSA |
Mar-08-11 05:00 PM |
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Our two engineer-presidents were Hoover and Carter. |
nemo137 |
Mar-08-11 10:17 PM |
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Why are you repeating right wing talking points? |
stevenleser |
Mar-08-11 05:12 PM |
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Mar-08-11 05:13 PM |
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Nothing is locked and no one is tombstoned. |
Alexander |
Mar-12-11 05:37 PM |
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Our political system is a gigantic perversion of what it was originally intended to be |
slackmaster |
Mar-08-11 05:13 PM |
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more myth than reality |
onenote |
Mar-10-11 06:40 AM |
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Governing in the 21st century is also a lot more complicated than it was in the 18th cenutry |
Hippo_Tron |
Mar-12-11 09:22 PM |
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You do realize that FDR was also a lawyer, yes? |
jberryhill |
Mar-08-11 05:15 PM |
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brain pain! |
madamesilverspurs |
Mar-08-11 06:00 PM |
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The last President who neither held a political office nor was a lawyer was Eisenhower. |
rug |
Mar-08-11 06:23 PM |
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George W. Bush wasn't a lawyer. |
Fuddnik |
Mar-09-11 05:52 AM |
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He was a governor. |
rug |
Mar-09-11 07:27 AM |
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Chief of Staff of the Army is a political position |
jmowreader |
Mar-12-11 11:36 PM |
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to rise to political power you have to be an establishment darling |
ReggieVeggie |
Mar-08-11 06:58 PM |
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they aren't always that, there was Dr. Frist and the father/son Pauls who are medical doctors |
JI7 |
Mar-08-11 07:19 PM |
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Uhhh, Kucinich is the quintessential career politician. |
Ikonoklast |
Mar-08-11 09:19 PM |
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Presidents have traditionally been from the military, lawyers, or politicians. |
craigmatic |
Mar-08-11 10:02 PM |
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Yet the last three presidents were not in the military |
Ter |
Mar-09-11 01:43 AM |
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Not quite right. George W. Bush was a pilot in the USAF n/t |
stevenleser |
Mar-09-11 09:35 AM |
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Wrong. Bush was a pilot in the Texas Air National Guard. And he went AWOL. |
Alexander |
Mar-12-11 12:11 PM |
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You realize that distinction is irrelevant as to the question of whether someone served in the |
stevenleser |
Mar-12-11 04:06 PM |
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You do realize that you were incorrect and you're not admitting it, right? |
Alexander |
Mar-12-11 04:16 PM |
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Mar-12-11 04:18 PM |
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AND lost flying privledges for unknown reasons - rumored to be not taking physical test |
karynnj |
Mar-15-11 06:07 PM |
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That's because there's no draft anymore |
Hippo_Tron |
Mar-12-11 09:24 PM |
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FDR was both a lawyer and career politician |
onenote |
Mar-09-11 05:23 AM |
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Bush wasn't a lawyer. |
RBInMaine |
Mar-12-11 07:32 AM |
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If you are going to be making laws, it's nice to know something about law and government. |
RBInMaine |
Mar-12-11 07:33 AM |
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Presidents don't make laws (nt) |
The Straight Story |
Mar-12-11 03:59 PM |
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I dont want a college professor running anything ..... |
MikeW |
Mar-12-11 08:26 AM |
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Is there no chance for an FDR anymore ? " You mean there is |
Synicus Maximus |
Mar-12-11 10:47 PM |
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Do you want someone who isn't a "career plumber" fixing your cistern? N.T. |
Donald Ian Rankin |
Mar-13-11 08:07 AM |
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Mar-13-11 08:12 PM |
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1) Social skills, 2) The ultra smart/gifted don't usually have the personality to lead |
ShadowLiberal |
Mar-14-11 07:27 PM |
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Most Democratic politicians are lawyers. |
Manifestor_of_Light |
Mar-15-11 02:42 AM |
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FDR was a lawyer and a politician. |
Mass |
Mar-15-11 06:34 PM |
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I know about FDR |
TatonkaJames |
Mar-16-11 04:19 PM |
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