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NGinpa Donating Member (71 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-19-08 08:28 AM
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What does it take to be a great president??
Why was Bill Clinton and a few others a good/great president? I am beginning to believe that in this topsy-turvy country, one has to be a smart and sly son-of-a-gun to have any hope of being a successful president. Nice guys like Jimmy Carter will fail! Dumb guys like Bush will fail!

The best a voter can do is look for such a smart sly candidate that the voter feels down deep still supports that voters ideology no matter what is said in the heat of a campaign!

Who best fits this description in this election trial??
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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-19-08 08:29 AM
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1. A VERY descrete escort service, and a damned good press secretary
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olkaz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-19-08 08:31 AM
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2. Bill Clinton was NOT a great president.
He was average, at best, and drug our party through the mud for his own sexual gratification.

Which is funny, because he ran as a progressive populist. Greenspan set him straight. :(
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-19-08 08:34 AM
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4. He was a mixed bag. He only seems great in comparison to Dubya. nt nt
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olkaz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-19-08 08:41 AM
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5. I know it. How low our standards have sunk.
It's enough to drive a well-meaning progressive crazy.
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-19-08 08:33 AM
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3. Winning a war.
Frankly, I don't want a great president. I detest the idea of the national identity being wrapped up in one man. I want a competent president who will be a good manager, get the Federal house in order, leave and be forgotten.
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Bluenorthwest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-19-08 09:46 AM
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6. Now there
is a comment I can agree with enthuiastically.
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