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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sedohr Nod who wrote (117655)	12/19/2000 8:37:00 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Yes, he stuttered. That was one of his objections to God choosing him. Abraham Lincoln retained a certain rusticity, and would tell yarns to disarm people, plus, of course, he had no formal education. George Washington was not as brilliant as either Hamilton or Jefferson, and was strongly reserved, and would mainly listen passively to arguments in his cabinet. Charlemagne did not learn to read until he was 40. Churchill was a poor student except in subjects he liked, like history and literature. Grant was towards the bottom of his West Point class, and a drunk, and Lee a well- discipline first in his class, but who won?

To: Sedohr Nod who wrote (117655)	12/19/2000 8:49:35 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 769670

Harry Truman was a failed haberdasher and mediocre farmer who would not have made it into the Congress without the backing of the Pendergast machine. Franklin Roosevelt was a spoiled rich kid from a good family, with a cousin who had been president. He was a mediocre student, and considered a lightweight by many Democrats when he ran for president. It has been proven that Lyndon Johnson stole elections, and used his political connections to enrich himself. Robert Kennedy was on the staff of Senator Joe McCarthy as a young lawyer. Martin Luther King plagiarized huge portions of his doctoral thesis. Woodrow Wilson had a stroke in his second term, but refused to step down,and his wife and top advisor practically ran the government......