[lbo-talk] Palin bubble losing air?

[Michael Perelman]

Clinton and Carter are very smart, but neither proved to be particularly successful
as leaders -- although Clinton did achieve quite a bit of personal success.

On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 08:01:53PM -0400, Jim Farmelant wrote:
> 
> The GOP has a long history of nominating candidates
> for the White House who either were dopes or
> pretended to be.  Eisenhower, who was
> no dope at all (as one would expect of
> the successful Supreme Commander
> of the Allied Forces in Europe) as president
> did his best to impersonate one to much
> acclaim by the Republican base.  
> Then there is Dubya, who for years
> was beloved, in part because he did
> such a good job of convincing people
> he was a dope.
> 

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Michael Perelman
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