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cthulu2016

(10,960 posts)
Fri Oct 12, 2012, 06:26 PM Oct 2012

Atomic President Test

Would the following Presidents of the atomic era bomb Iran right before the election if they were 6 points behind in the Gallup tracking poll at the end of October 1, 2012?

Obama - No
Bush II - Probably Yes
Clinton - No
Bush I - No
Reagan - Probably Not
Carter - No
Ford - No
Nixon - Probably Yes
LBJ - No
JFK - No
Ike - No
Truman - No

And if Contenders were at the end of a first term:

Romney - Probably Yes
McCain - No (would do it after the election)
Kerry - No
Gore - No
Dole - No
Dukakis - No
Mondale - No
McGovern - No
Humphrey - No
Goldwater - Probably not
Stevenson - No
Dewey - No

Romney is in elite company.

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