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steve2470 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 09:12 PM Original message |
* is the stupidest President in my lifetime. Even Nixon, LBJ, |
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flyingfysh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. his reputation for clumsiness was not deserved |
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steve2470 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 09:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. so those tumbles he took were overhyped ? n/t |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 10:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
24. Sure, they gave |
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Julian English (232 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 11:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
39. Seriously--Ford was a great athlete and a Yale law grad. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-04 12:58 AM Response to Reply #2 |
42. Gee, we've never seen the press do that before... |
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DaveinMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
3. LBJ fucked up Vietnam |
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Bush was AWOL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 09:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. And LBJ had the decency not to run for a second term |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 09:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. LBJ realized he had made a huge mistake |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yep |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-04 01:03 AM Response to Reply #4 |
43. He restored HONOR to his mother's FAMILY |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
5. I never thought |
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steve2470 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 09:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I agree - at least Nixon had brains and didn't get anybody killed |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 09:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Nixon got a lot of people killed |
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steve2470 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 10:06 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. yes that's right, brain fart, n/t |
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delete_bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 11:49 PM Response to Reply #17 |
36. but, but. but,.. the Shrimp Boat Captains |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 09:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. Nixon managed |
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belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 11:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
37. Nixon: evil, yes. Stupid, no. |
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cheshire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
7. It's emotional also. He's crippled. |
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Wind Dancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
8. As bad as Nixon was, and he was bad, |
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steve2470 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
9. kick n/t |
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expatriate (853 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
11. I agree |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 09:38 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I think reagan was much smarter than Bush |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 09:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Nixon was not dumb at all |
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Zen Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
12. By comparison, * makes Dan Quayle look like a rocket scientist. |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 09:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Agreed... Quayle couldn't spell, but * can't even speak. |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
14. Gerald Ford maybe |
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steve2470 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 10:11 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. but I remember back then that some journalist pointed out that |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 10:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
32. Ford was dumber, but he was/is a decent human being |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
18. Nixon was fucking insane... |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 09:48 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. His paranoia was intense |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 09:52 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. and didn't he think the Jews were out to get him? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 10:04 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Remember the lists |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-04 12:49 AM Response to Reply #21 |
40. In a way |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
22. Stupidest? Hard To Say. Most Inept, Incompetent? Without A Doubt |
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Sara Beverley (989 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
27. He is definitely a mental midget. Made his way through college by his |
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steve2470 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
29. kick |
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Zen Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
30. Descendants of Millard Fillmore must be ecstatic! |
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MrTriumph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
31. Time to reconsider Ford & Eisenhower |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-04 12:52 AM Response to Reply #31 |
41. Eisenhower couldn't have been that dumb |
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MrTriumph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-04 08:40 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. I agree absoolutely. |
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elperromagico (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
33. Clinton and LBJ were politically savvy (is, in Clinton's case), |
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A Simple Game (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 11:28 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Carter's presidency wasn't a massive triumph |
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elperromagico (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 11:40 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. He was very good on energy policy, yes. |
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A Simple Game (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-04 10:38 AM Response to Reply #35 |
45. History will be kind to Carter. |
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endnote (645 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
38. Nixon was a really smart man, unlike Chimpy. |
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steve2470 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-04 06:54 AM Response to Original message |
44. kick |
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liberalpragmatist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-04 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
47. NIXON Wrote Tomes on Foreign Policy After Office |
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