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bleedingheart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 10:06 PM
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What does "Acting Presidential" mean?
I know that there has been a lot of fluff over Dean and his speech following the Iowa primary and a lot of the media morons have been stating that it wasn't "presidential"...

Even when Kerry dropped the "F" bomb in Rolling Stone the media acted all prim and proper...

So what is "acting presidential"?

Bush can't put sentences together coherently, he mispronounces the names of foreign dignitaries and spends most of his time fundraising ...kind of like a chimp being controlled by the GOP organ grinder......is that presidential???
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emulatorloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 10:09 PM
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1. Dems gotta have higher standards than Bush! n/t
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Avalux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 10:14 PM
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2. Good question
and, which president set the standard for "acting presidential"?

Remember when * dropped his poor dog in front of all those little girls? Now was that acting presidential??????
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LittleDannySlowhorse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 10:15 PM
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3. The doggie had it coming!
The dog failed to produce evidence that it did not have programs for the creation of weapons of mass destruction.
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Avalux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 10:26 PM
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8. lol
and apologies to Barney for laughing at his expense. :evilgrin:
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creativelcro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 10:16 PM
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4. Was Kerry use of the f word presidential ?
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name not needed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 10:17 PM
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5. was *'s use of it presidential?
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elperromagico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 10:23 PM
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7. Was * referring to Adam Clymer
as a "major league asshole" Presidential?

In the Bush era, acting Presidential means "not being drunk."
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emulatorloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 10:31 PM
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10. Yes, given he was talking about GWB n/t
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bleedingheart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 10:59 PM
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13. Oh you forget when his dad barfed on that Japanese dude
wasn't it the Prime Minister ???
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MidwestMomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 10:18 PM
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6. According to the GOP
Presidential looks like this...

http://www.bushorchimp.com/pics.html

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dansolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 10:31 PM
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9. "Bring it on!"
Haven't you guys figured that out yet?
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Loren645 Donating Member (516 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 10:51 PM
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11. Ask General Clark; he knows. Lead by example.
Don't say one thing and do another.
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bleedingheart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 10:58 PM
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12. Don't speak too quickly...you never know what gaffe any candidate
may make...

Its just that we are electing the leader of our country...does that mean this person has to have lead a life without sin or any kind of problem?

How perfect are they supposed to be?



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