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To: combjelly who wrote (707359)	4/4/2013 1:58:43 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1583406

"Republican president that was anything more than mediocre. Not that he was great, but at least he wasn't a failure and/or an embarrassment. The only decent to great Republican presidents were all very liberal, up to and including Lincoln who would be aghast at the Republican party today." True! I just re-watched "Lincoln", and wondered what happened to THAT Republican party and THOSE Republicans? I think they were marginalized about the same time the trust-busting TR was forced to run as a "Bull Moose". They are all Democrats today. Lincoln would CRY at what's become of his party.

To: combjelly who wrote (707359)	4/4/2013 2:44:50 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583406

Look at it from their point of view. Reagan is the only conservative, Republican president that was anything more than mediocre. I know but they're grooming him for sainthood. If the Pope were S. Baptist, the Vatican would already have their petition. Not that he was great, but at least he wasn't a failure and/or an embarrassment. The only decent to great Republican presidents were all very liberal, up to and including Lincoln who would be aghast at the Republican party today. Yup. In R terms, a successful pol is one whose failures aren't all that obvious and he didn't embarrass them like Guv Jindal with his 'here today; gone tomorrow' sand berms or Sen. Larry 'tap tap' Craig.