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The road to that job doesn't lead through Congress. At least, it shouldn't. Legislators make lousy presidents. Name me one, who you can honestly say was a great president, and an effective leader of our government. I can't do it.

Washington, Adams, Lincoln,Coolidge, Truman, JFK, Nixon, Johnson.

Non legislators. Teddy Roosevelt, Wilson, Hoover, FDR.

Hoover was the most accomplished American in his time in being a successful CEO/executive. Utter failure as President.

I asked if anyone could name a legislator who became a GREAT president. It can be argued that most every one of those presidents you named was not a great president.

Winners: Washington, Adams, Lincoln, Coolidge

Losers: Truman, JFK, Nixon, Johnson.

Washington, to my knowledge, was never a legislator, although he was a representative of sorts prior to the Revolutionary War. In my opinion, he was our greatest president, but I don't think he belongs on this list.

Lincoln was one who I think we could rightfully call a great president, who was also a former legislator (though many will differ with you on whether he qualified as great).

Truman failed to understand how big a threat Stalin was to the future peace of the planet, and essentially gave him all of Eastern Europe without so much as a whimper. He's also disqualified, for having been VP prior to being president.

Nixon proved himself incapable of being able to lead the government he was in charge of. He also was unable to pull the American people together in solidarity, during the Vietnam war. As Commander in Chief, he didn't put the hammer down, and let his military people finish off North Vietnam like he should have. All of that "peace with honor" crap was completely political, and nothing more than a surrender to the American left. He also doesn't belong on the list because he was VP prior to becoming president.

Anyway, you and I have opened far too large a can of worms to fully explore in this thread. This post alone would run to several thousand words, if I was to fully address it. I'll cede the floor to some other posters.

Good topic.