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mcctatas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 07:31 PM Original message |
OK, so we all know what makes a terrible president, but what |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. My standards have slipped so low... |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. I am with you Clinton was the best of the lot that you mentioned |
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razors edge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. How about something simple |
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theoldman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
4. Our greatest presidents were uniters not dividers. |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
5. Curiosity, approachability, morality, respect, stamina |
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mcctatas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 10:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Those are good criteria (although after the last six years, any |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
7. LBJ to present - yep, Clinton was the best |
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mcctatas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-11-07 11:09 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. So, who in your opinion was great and why? |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
8. It's not so much |
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mcctatas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 10:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. But if your truly great shouldn't the circumstances not matter so |
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BlueStater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
9. Competence, Courage, Integrity, Dignity |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-11-07 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
11. non-monotheism |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-11-07 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
12. Real Political courage. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 11:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Or investigating government corruption when your own party won't support you. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-11-07 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
13. The better a prez is for one class of people, the worse he is for another. |
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illinoisprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
15. Like Lincoln or FDR, a person who just comes across as a leader |
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illinoisprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 11:05 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Mctatas, Who do I concider great. My favorite is FDR. I also admire |
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