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To: parksstp
Daniels (says he can’t debate Obama on Foreign Policy, wtf?)

Still falling for that line? He was asked if he was ready to debate the sitting President on foreign policy, and he replied, "Probably not". Seems like a sincere self-assessment that, as the Governor of Indiana, he has not wasted the Hoosier states' time preparing for a potential debate that might never happen on a topic that has nothing to do with his current position.

If he decides to run (and his wife agrees to subject herself to massive MSM scrutiny about a single stupid choice she made 17 years ago), then he can get prepped in the exact same way as every other candidate and past President, before their decision to run.

(Quick Quiz Question: Who was the last President who had any significant foreign policy experience before being elected?)

104 posted on 05/14/2011 12:47:57 PM PDT by Teacher317 (really?)
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To: Teacher317
(Answer, according to Thomas Sowell: "'It’s hard to know how many people could possibly have foreign policy experience before reaching the White House besides a secretary of state or secretary of defense. The last secretary of war (the old title of defense secretaries) to later become president was William Howard Taft, a hundred years ago. The last secretary of state was James Buchanan, a century and a half ago."

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Although I think Ike might be a good asterisk answer, too. Blowing up foreign armies would qualify in my book, LOL)

105 posted on 05/14/2011 12:53:39 PM PDT by Teacher317 (really?)
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To: Teacher317
(Quick Quiz Question: Who was the last President who had any significant foreign policy experience before being elected?)

President George. H.W. Bush, former CIA director, former ambassador to china, and pretty much all around foreign Policy specialist.

Was this a genuine question ?

106 posted on 05/14/2011 12:59:24 PM PDT by Sonny M ("oderint dum metuant")
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