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Tue Sep-09-08 04:02 PM
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| Poll question: Which of these President/VP ticket options had less experience than Obama? |
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Tue Sep-09-08 04:03 PM
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He was Governor of Maryland for less than 2 years, I believe.
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Tue Sep-09-08 04:06 PM
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There are others with even less than that. :D
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Tue Sep-09-08 04:08 PM
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Tue Sep-09-08 04:09 PM
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Had no experience other than being a general.
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Tue Sep-09-08 04:10 PM
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| 5. Well then: George Washington |
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Tue Sep-09-08 04:19 PM
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| 9. I guess we could include Ulysses S. Grant |
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In terms of experience. Although, as far as successful Presidencies are concerned, maybe that's not the best example....
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Tue Sep-09-08 04:24 PM
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| 10. What about Andrew Jackson? |
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He made genocide an art form.
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Tue Sep-09-08 04:27 PM
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I think his populism in being against the Bank of the United States is overshadowed by the fact that he was a bloodthirsty, genocidal barbarian.
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Tue Sep-09-08 04:31 PM
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| 12. I think the list should be restricted to only the greats. |
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It makes a much better point, after all.
Also, the corrollary: which highly experienced executives were complete washouts? A: McKinley for one.
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Tue Sep-09-08 04:56 PM
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| 14. About highly experience executives as washouts. |
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Well, you've got to include George H.W. Bush. Here was a man who supposedly had a impressive resume...and well, we saw how that turned out.
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Tue Sep-09-08 05:29 PM
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Tue Sep-09-08 04:12 PM
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| 6. Rosevelt was asst. Secretary of the Navy before being Governor of the largest state. |
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Edited on Tue Sep-09-08 04:13 PM by Kurt_and_Hunter
(New York was the largest back then.)
Depending on how you slice it, Agnew was a joke, but a governor. Wilson was a short-time governor, but a university president.
It all depends on what value one gives "executive experience."
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Tue Sep-09-08 04:14 PM
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| 7. the one President that best compares experience-wise... |
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...is Abraham Lincoln. Eight years in the Illinois Legislature, two years in the US congress. Pretty close, if you ask me.
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Tue Sep-09-08 04:34 PM
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| 13. Yeah, but Lincoln didn't have to deal with a divided country or an unpopular war or economic turmoil |
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Edited on Tue Sep-09-08 04:35 PM by Richardo
Wait a sec...
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Tue Sep-09-08 04:17 PM
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| 8. what about Dan Quales empty shirt? |
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Tue Sep-09-08 06:52 PM
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| 16. no, he wasn't an empty shirt. |
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He was an empty SUIT. George H.W. Bush was a stuffed shirt, on the other hand.
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