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| #21 Posted on 1.3.04 1432.53 Reposted on: 1.3.11 1432.59 | Originally posted by DrDirt
Originally posted by The Atomic Tomato
Originally posted by DrDirt I do believe he is trying his best and there certainly have been much worse Presidents.
Name one.
Coolidge Harding Garfield Andrew Johnson Polk Tyler Van Buren
The great thing about our system of government is that we can survive less than stellar leaders.
Also: Buchanan Pierce Fillmore and while he is an amazing worker for humanitarian efforts, Carter was pretty ineffectual as president. | Cerrita
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| #22 Posted on 1.3.04 1505.35 Reposted on: 1.3.11 1506.20 | Originally posted by DrDirt The great thing about our system of government is that we can survive less than stellar leaders.
Agreed.
I mean, com on. Name one other country (or empire) in the history of civilization that put could have put a moron into power and not only avoid getting squashed by everyone else, but remained a world power. | astrobstrd
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| #23 Posted on 1.3.04 1548.17 Reposted on: 1.3.11 1548.52 | Originally posted by Cerrita
Originally posted by DrDirt The great thing about our system of government is that we can survive less than stellar leaders.
Agreed.
I mean, com on. Name one other country (or empire) in the history of civilization that put could have put a moron into power and not only avoid getting squashed by everyone else, but remained a world power.
Rome. Several times over actually. Read up on Caligula, Tiberius, and Nero sometime. | CRZ
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| #24 Posted on 1.3.04 1552.33 Reposted on: 1.3.11 1553.35 | Originally posted by Cerrita I mean, com on. Name one other country (or empire) in the history of civilization that put could have put a moron into power and not only avoid getting squashed by everyone else, but remained a world power.
Since the USA has never put a moron into power, it's hard to say what would happen. | DrDirt
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| #25 Posted on 1.3.04 1552.39 Reposted on: 1.3.11 1556.28 | astrobstrd, yes and no. Rome was a military dictatorship by that time, not a democracy. Rome's history during that period was peppered with instabilty and major internecine wars. The only case remotely similar was our Civil War and it was not fought because of an incompetent President. In Rome, the morons put themselves in power and the people had no say. | Eddie Famous
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| #26 Posted on 2.3.04 2107.37 Reposted on: 2.3.11 2108.12 | Originally posted by The Atomic Tomato
Originally posted by DrDirt I do believe he is trying his best and there certainly have been much worse Presidents.
Name one.
Carter. Decent enough fellow, utter failure as a President.
Andrew Jackson. Genocidal madman.
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