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Poll to Freep
Parade Sunday ^ | 9/14/08 | Doris Kearns Goodwin

Posted on 09/15/2008 9:29:31 AM PDT by dgcoronado

The Secrets of the Great Presidents

1. The courage to stay strong

A President needs the ability to withstand adversity and motivate himself in the face of frustration. From childhood, Lincoln showed a determination to rise above the poverty into which he was born. Despite failures that would have felled most others, he never lost faith that if he refused to despair, he would eventually succeed. Roosevelt, by contrast, grew up with wealth, privilege, and love. His crucible came in a polio attack that left him a paraplegic at 39. While crippling his body, the paralysis expanded his sensibilities. He emerged from his ordeal with greater powers of concentration and greater self-knowledge. Far more intensely than before, he was able to put himself in the shoes of others to whom fate had dealt an unfair hand.

(Excerpt) Read more at parade.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: freep; parade; president
These polls have already been attacked, virtually every one has the exact same % for Obama and Biden.

Needs Freeping!

http://www.parade.com/hot-topics/2008/09/secrets-of-great-presidents_1

1 posted on 09/15/2008 9:29:32 AM PDT by dgcoronado
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To: dgcoronado
1. The courage to stay strong

Barack Obama 55% (1821 votes)

John McCain 45% (1513 votes)

Total Votes: 3334

Joseph Biden 62% (1938 votes)

Sarah Palin 38% (1199 votes)

Total Votes: 3137

2 posted on 09/15/2008 9:39:56 AM PDT by DogBarkTree (That sharp pain to the LibRat's groin is called the Palin Effect.)
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To: All; dgcoronado

54% saying O’Messiah more likely to stay strong than the POW?


3 posted on 09/15/2008 9:41:07 AM PDT by newzjunkey (McCain-Palin! YES CA Prop 4. (Family notification for underage abortions))
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To: dgcoronado

sorry I had to vote obama was more likely to learn from his mistakes, just because he has made so many of them the odds increase that he will learn from one of them


4 posted on 09/15/2008 9:41:54 AM PDT by edzo4 (Vote McCain, Keep Your Change)
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To: dgcoronado

It does need freeping, but “Parade” has become a left-wing propaganda organ like USA Today, and is included with other items in left-wing newspapers.


5 posted on 09/15/2008 9:47:23 AM PDT by ZULU (Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts and guns made America great.)
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To: dgcoronado

Where is the poll originating from . . . downtown Manhattan? I can’t believe how lopsided this is considering the personal character of the democratic ticket.


6 posted on 09/15/2008 10:00:51 AM PDT by laweeks ( to)
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"...because he has made so many of them the odds increase that he will learn from one of them."

To this point, he hasn't shown any talent at that.

7 posted on 09/15/2008 10:10:55 AM PDT by Redleg Duke ("Sarah Palin...Unleashing the Fury of the Castrated Left!")
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To: Redleg Duke
Barack Obama 52% (1845 votes)

John McCain 48% (1702 votes)

Total Votes: 3547 Joseph Biden 59% (1967 votes)

Sarah Palin 41% (1382 votes)

Total Votes: 3349

8 posted on 09/15/2008 10:17:53 AM PDT by bmwcyle (Vote McWhatshisname and PALIN)
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To: dgcoronado

There are 5 qualities to vote on so vote on all 5 pages. It looks like you can vote multiple times...so, as they say in Chicago, VOTE EARLY, VOTE OFTEN!


9 posted on 09/15/2008 11:17:21 AM PDT by goldfinch
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Actually there are 10 qualities on 10 pages.


10 posted on 09/15/2008 11:41:29 AM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla (DEATH TO PUTIN!)
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To: dgcoronado

Freeped. Needs more votes!


11 posted on 09/15/2008 11:46:43 AM PDT by Vicki (Washington State where anyone can vote .... illegals, non-residents, dead people, dogs, felons)
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