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09-19-2009, 02:16 PM
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The best choice?
The best person for the presidency [who didn't make it or didn't run] in the last 30-40 years? My choice- Alexander Haig.
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09-19-2009, 02:21 PM
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didn't he try to take control there for a few minutes when Reagan was shot? 
I think he said he was in control anyway.
seriously though, I always liked general Haig. He would have been a good president.
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09-19-2009, 02:23 PM
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didn't he try to take control there for a few minutes when Reagan was shot?
I think he said he was in control anyway.
seriously though, I always liked general Haig. He would have been a good president. |
Right.When asked who's in control, he said "I'm in control".
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09-19-2009, 02:40 PM
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Originally Posted by illinoisbred
The best person for the presidency [who didn't make it or didn't run] in the last 30-40 years? My choice- Alexander Haig.
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Strongly disagree on this one.General Haig was very much a part of the insider elitist establishment.He was taken under the wing of Henry Kissinger,a man that I have always been hostile toward,and groomed for power.Only moderately conservative,he is a member of the power wielding semi-secret Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).
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09-19-2009, 11:00 PM
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Haig is the guy that Reagan removed from Secretariat of State because Reagan couldn't stand his combative nature and backhanded manuevering, which Reagan saw as a huge threat to the stability of his cabinet. There is a good description of it in The Reagan Diaries.
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09-20-2009, 12:42 PM
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My dream team: Nixon/Cheney 
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09-20-2009, 03:48 PM
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My dream team: Nixon/Cheney |
As power greedy as both of them are/were, I bet there would be some legendary throwdowns in the Oval Office.
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09-20-2009, 05:22 PM
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Think of the public appearances - Nixon could do the "Nixon wave" and Cheney, well, he could could wave something, too!
"I am not a crook!"
"Go F yourself"
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09-21-2009, 12:02 AM
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heard Cheney was going in for some back surgery or something this past week. hope everything is ok
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09-21-2009, 11:02 AM
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#1 Pat Buchanan
#2 Condy Rice
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09-21-2009, 01:02 PM
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Alfred E. Newman, oh wait he was the prez
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09-21-2009, 01:27 PM
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Emmet Kelly, that would keep the string of clowns intact.
Second choice, Bernie Madoff, he'd smile while he took our money.
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09-21-2009, 01:37 PM
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Thomas Sowell
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09-21-2009, 04:49 PM
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Why, it's a lock
Alan KEYES
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09-21-2009, 09:53 PM
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