Previous occupants haunt Oval Office (FREEP this Poll!)

USA Today ^ | May 13, 2002 | Susan Page

[buzzyboop]

The Saudi crown prince was visiting at a sensitive moment for the Middle East, so the White House plotted every detail of his weekend trip to Texas. After meeting with President Bush at his ranch, Crown Prince Abdullah was feted by the president's father at his presidential library in College Station. Then, to the dismay of White House planners, he saw an unscheduled and unexpected visitor: Bill Clinton. The former president, in Houston for a fundraiser and staying at the same posh hotel as the Saudi leader, headed upstairs after midnight for a private chat that had been arranged only a few hours earlier. Their 90-minute meeting didn't end until 2 a.m. Presidents are members of one of the world's most exclusive fraternities, those who know firsthand the challenges of the Oval Office. You might think that an incumbent would see his predecessors as valuable resources, as repositories of knowledge and experience, as potential advisers and envoys. You would be wrong.

[buzzyboop]

Typical McPaper concoction. At least we can FREEP the poll, about 1/3 the way down.

[chemicalman]

What a bunch of sosialist bimbos. They all voting for Jimmy Carter. Someone should remind them it was Reagan that got Gorby to tear down the walls.

[buzzyboop]

Correct choice, wrong reason... the poll says most effective living ex-president.

Just because President Bush 41 followed Mr. Reagan immediately made him much more effective than the others.

[Fzob]

Just because President Bush 41 followed Mr. Reagan immediately made him much more effective than the others.

Please explain?

[Elle Bee]

I voted for my favorite President of all time .....Ronald Reagan

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[RippleFire]

The former president, in Houston for a fundraiser and staying at the same posh hotel as the Saudi leader, headed upstairs after midnight

He wanted to check out the rumors of dancing girls and elephants

[Honcho]

Bush seems to have the same jaundiced view toward some of his predecessors that many previous White House occupants have held toward theirs.

Cause why wouldn't the President want a couple of guys with completely different idoligical views getting in the way of what he's trying to do? I know for myself, being a Unix Admin, I just love it when the window's guys here at work try to make changes to our network that effect the way my dhcp and bind server is going to work or the way people connect to our application server. Just makes my day.

[lowbridge]

Bump. Jimmy Carter is winning over Ronald Reagan! This shouldnt be allowed to happen!