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1 posted on 05/02/2008 5:33:00 AM PDT by SouthWall
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To: SouthWall

I’d vote for JC Watts in a second. He’s a great guy and a smart one, too. He knows his own mind and likes people.


2 posted on 05/02/2008 5:35:58 AM PDT by RexBeach
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To: SouthWall
Wouldn't it be great to elect a terrific president?

It would sure be a change from the last 20 years, wouldn't it?

3 posted on 05/02/2008 5:45:19 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: SouthWall

And I want a pony, too!


6 posted on 05/02/2008 5:59:52 AM PDT by MortMan (Those who stand for nothing fall for anything. - Alexander Hamilton)
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Our election process is so badly broken, it’s nearly impossible for us to get a good president, let alone a terrific one.

Not many people would volunteer to the 24x7 scrutiny that candidates get FOR TWO YEARS. Our election cycle for president is two freakin’ years. Even if we got a GREAT president, he or she could only work for 2 years, and then would have to enter the re-election treadmill.
Then there is the American Idol style primary system. Americans aren’t looking for candidates who are good, or would be good for the country. Americans want candidates they like.
Add to that the pressures of fund raising, which leads to the bowing to special interests... etc. Just can’t happen.

I’m not sure what the fix would be, it’s complicated. Too many weasels trying to corrupt whatever mechanism is put in place to try to get qualified people.


8 posted on 05/02/2008 6:12:44 AM PDT by brownsfan (Algore makes P.T. Barnum look like a piker.)
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To: SouthWall

People voting for Obama is proof that liberalism is a suicidal form of mental illness.


9 posted on 05/02/2008 6:17:43 AM PDT by the gillman@blacklagoon.com (The republic is over kids!)
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“Wouldn’t it be great to elect a terrific president?”

Too bad there is no chance of that this year, just varying degrees of absolute crap.


11 posted on 05/02/2008 8:56:52 AM PDT by Grunthor ( there's more than 100 billion barrels of untouched oil and gas in this country)
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“Wouldn’t it be great if we elected our first black president?”

Why? If we’re not a racist society, what difference does it make what color the president is, dem or republican?


13 posted on 05/02/2008 10:36:39 PM PDT by baa39
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Wouldn’t it be great if we got a really great President?
And wouldn’t it be great if he brought beer? Really great beer like Keystone!


14 posted on 05/03/2008 2:43:33 AM PDT by Cyclops08
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