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To: Cableguy
James Polk was a good president.

And Chester Alan Arthur ought to be ranked higher than "average". At least higher than Clinton. Arthur came in on a fluke: Garfield's assassination. Everyone thought he was going to be a corrupt administrator, and he wasn't. He rose to the occasion.

Impeached42, otoh, came in promising, "the most ethical administration ever", and he was rotten to the core.

17 posted on 06/10/2004 9:04:08 AM PDT by Recovering_Democrat (I'm so glad to no longer be associated with the Party of Dependence on Government!)
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To: Recovering_Democrat

Arthur may have risen to the occasion in some sense, but he is still one of only two sitting presidents of less than two terms who was NOT renominated by his party (the other was Fillmore, btw). Not exactly a favourable verdict of his presidency from his colleagues, eh?


101 posted on 06/10/2004 9:48:00 AM PDT by SAJ (Buy 2 NGG05 9.00 calls, Sell 5 NGG05 12.00 calls against, for $1.000 net credit OB. Mortal lock.)
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