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femmocrat
(28,394 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)The stooopid...it burns!!!
HassleCat
(6,409 posts)You would think at least one of them would have the good sense to offer up Eisenhower. He was a nice guy, a respected general, very popular, didn't pick partisan fights, etc. Of course they love Reagan. Each of them dreams of having the power to do what Reagan did, run our constitution through a shredder and establish a secret, shadow government. I'll bet they lie awake at night, thinking of Reagan and getting huge erec.... well, you know.
4lbs
(6,831 posts)"Who is the greatest President alive today?"
Only choices are:
1.) Carter
2.) Bush Sr.
3.) Clinton
4.) Bush Jr.
5.) Obama
Cha
(296,853 posts)HassleCat
(6,409 posts)I guess I would blow the answer the way they did.
Cha
(296,853 posts)Fritz Walter
(4,291 posts)Otherwise, they'd be necrophiliacs.
pansypoo53219
(20,955 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)Rayguns is a saint, so still alive.
cannabis_flower
(3,764 posts)that actually gave an answer that fit the question ( although I don't agree ) was Santorum. He said "probably a Bush".
Gothmog
(144,934 posts)Cha
(296,853 posts)question everything
(47,437 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)They're blooming fucking idiots
4lbs
(6,831 posts)Carter, Clinton, or Obama.
And yet, some of them still think of a dead President when asked about ALIVE Presidents.
Johonny
(20,818 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)FailureToCommunicate
(14,007 posts)of course.)
freshwest
(53,661 posts)I already knew his reputation as Governor of CA and it filled me with horror. And it's been down hill since then with the GOP presidents and candidates.
truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)I love to see them squirm...even tho the question is a tad unfair, since it refers to former presidents who happen to still be alive.
GreatGazoo
(3,937 posts)even santorum doesn't want to say which Bush.
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)Cha
(296,853 posts)know St Ronnie passed.
erronis
(15,183 posts)Easy answer. These dopes on the ropes aren't very quick on their feets!
lark
(23,065 posts)onehandle
(51,122 posts)underpants
(182,626 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,818 posts)I am surprised they didn't say..."I will be"
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)spooky3
(34,407 posts)Xipe Totec
(43,888 posts)DeeDeeNY
(3,354 posts)malthaussen
(17,175 posts)Press secretary Ron Ziegler is dodging questions about Watergate, and appeals to the press corps to ask him a question he can answer. One of the reporters asks, "Ron, what color shirt is the President wearing today?" Ziegler replies, "That's better. Blue."
I think these chumps would find a way to weasel out of even that question.
-- Mal
C Moon
(12,209 posts)I'll bet a big part of the reason they didn't want to say Bush was because their own desire to become President is more important than their own partyand they're running against another Bush.
It would be scary to see the thought process of a RW Republican.
JHB
(37,157 posts)...because their base can never forgive him for backtracking on "Read my lips, no new taxes".
And these are suppose to be the smart repugs???????????????? Can't comprehend a simple question.
rocktivity
(44,572 posts)And I guess I'd better dust this off, too:
rocktvity
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)fuck up a simple question? They were asked about the best president alive, yet a few of them chose Reagan (who is dead), while others were lukewarm about the Bushes (who are the only 2 Republican presidents alive). What weak responses.
turbinetree
(24,683 posts)answered:
I'M WITH STUPID<----------------->
And this is what happens when you take the public education and privatize them for a profit charter scams------------these hypocrites are dumber than a box of rocks
IgnoranceIsBliss-11
(1 post)I suppose even a dung pile has a "greatest" beetle - still a difficult question to answer.
turbinetree
(24,683 posts)stand side by side with T-Shirts on that says :
"I'M WITH STUPID"<------------------------>
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)spooky3
(34,407 posts)(Given that no Repub. will name a D, even if that's the right answer. Those who made no choice were probably not being shrewd but instead didn't know what to say.)
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)red dog 1
(27,773 posts)"Probably a Bush," he said, and then escaped up a wheelchair ramp.
You can't make this shit up.
It's hilarious!
K&R, thanks for posting, EarlG
The correct answer to this question is Bill Clinton. The last good Republican president was Ike. He kept the peace and signed the Federal Highway Act into law which created the Interstate Highway System. He sites that as his greatest achievement as President. Also, he was the last Republican president to balance the budget.
niyad
(113,074 posts)IronLionZion
(45,380 posts)My answer is a 3 way tie between the one who never dropped even one bomb on any country, the one who created 22 million jobs, or the one who has done the biggest expansion of health coverage since medicaid and opened relations with Cuba and Iran.
Yavin4
(35,421 posts)For you old school SNL fans.
DeeDeeNY
(3,354 posts)Like asking Sarah Palin what newspapers she reads, or Harriet Miers who her favorite Supreme Court justices are.
Lrobby99
(33 posts)The man was a fine President and is an exceptional human being. Making him the greatest President alive today.
cascadiance
(19,537 posts)Even if I did vote for John Anderson in one of his elections then, and Michele Bachmann actually campaigned for him those days and probably hates that she did now. I wonder what her answer to this poll question would be if she were asked this question now...
As an ex president, I can't think of many if any better than he. He's really added to his legacy with what he's done since he left office.
rurallib
(62,387 posts)probably because he was a Democrat.
Not sure they would know he wasn't actually president.
YoungDemCA
(5,714 posts)nt