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pai nai ma

Actually, I think they know it to. Thus the sudden palatability of McCaiin whom many of them respect solely for his pow shit but really despise/eschew politically.

Texpat

Ray, did you hear Bush has requested a session with the supreme court justices to form an exploratory committee for a possible constitutional amendment...

4 more years...

panama hat

I have never been a betting man, but I would bet my house on Bush winning another one, were it possible to run again.
I don't have much faith in the US electorate at the best of times, but surely not . . .

Carnwadrick

Re: George W sending a representative to Iran, the rep was there as part of a multi-national group and was only there as an observer with no authority to negotiate just listen and take notes

Norton

Undersecretary William Burns who directly reports to Rice can hardly be deemed a "representative" attending to "take notes".

All just another example of the GWB administration's history of refusing to admit negotiations are the path to getting things resolved but are doing just that in Iran and North Korea. I applaud the move but condemn the administrations attempt to continue it's "no negotiations" rhetoric when all can see their actions in fact, are negotiations.

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sabang

I think many Republicans are truly in denial.

Begbie

The New Straits Times reported this morning that there are nude pictures of Ms Palin circulating on the net. Unfortunately they did not publish the pictures.

Milkman

Panana hat is joking, I think because of his second sentence. But, GWB has the lowest approval rating in history. 8 years, and the economic difficulties, and many other things.

No, I don't think he'd be re-elected. And a high percentage of GOP voters strongly dislike him according to polls.

That said, a term limit for Presidents is a good thing for many reasons. The Executive has the most power in government of the 3 branches.

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Norton

Hope your house ain't worth much.

"A new poll suggests that President Bush is the most unpopular president in modern American history. A CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released Thursday indicates that 71 percent of the American public disapprove of how Bush is handling his job as president."


Poll: More disapprove of Bush than any other president - CNN.com

mad_dog

What about Reagan he needed a work horse VP in the shape of GH Bush to ease electorate worries about his age and quickly degenerating mental health.

Milkman

One point to add about VP picks, are that a certain percentage of VPs become Presidents, historically.

If George H. Bush was not chosen by Reagan as his VP, would G.H. Bush have become President? Speculation, but not likely, IMO.

And then the former President GHB has his son GWB on a Presidential family platform.

Many people think Reagan's biggest mistake was choosing G.H. Bush as VP over, Laxalt.

chinthee

Funniest fukin quote of the week. "My qualifications to lead the most powerful country in the world are that I have taught college and am a member of a Senate committee...." Priceless.

*I had to edit this, because it's the gift that just keeps giving, and I just wanted to post it again."

Actually, I still support Obama, just just barely. But, ill thought-out responses such as that one raycarey just made, should they be made by better thinkers, might make me re-think my position.

Milkman

^ GWB had less experience, no?

chinthee

^Milky, again, executive leadership experience as Governor counts for a lot. JW Bush had it. Clinton had it. Reagan had it. Jimmy Carter had it, and Palin has it. Reagan and Clinton were two of our best recent presidents.

raycarey

while 'some' may be forced to take things out of context in a vain attempt to 'score' points on the political forum he used to be a mod on, others will be able to appreciate my response in its true context.

Milkman

Good points, CT. I am just waiting 8 weeks for this to get over. You don't have to answer, but if you're voting, who are leaning towards. (You don't have to answer.)

pai nai ma

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chinthee

^Marilyn answered for me. I tried to green you, but cannae.

sabang

I suppose a certain amount of knowledge of the political process is important to be able to step into the Presidency. This can be achieved either at state level (Governor) or federal level- congressman or senator.

If by Executive Leadership you mean Management experience, I don't think you need that at all. As we used to say in banking- 'if we need a good manager, we'll hire one'.

The Pres has his White House chief of staff for day to day management, amongst other people- The POTUS role is more to do with leadership, policy making, foreign diplomacy and communication with the Public. He is not the senior government Bureaucrat.

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chinthee

Disagree Sabang. A leader is a leader. A boss is a boss. You can get this knowledge in many different ways, but without it. you can never lead any global organization, let alone the most powerful country in the world.

There are things that you learn leading companies, or organizations, that cannot be easily attained by those who haven't done it, or who don't have the aptitude. It takes experience, and BTW, good leaders are different from bad leaders......