On Nov 4, 2004, at 1:49 AM, Bryon Daly wrote:
On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 21:59:28 -0700, Warren Ockrassa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
When was the last time a president was really a man of the people, as
opposed to someone ludicrously rich, born to privilege, and utterly out
of touch with workaday realities?
Clinton doesn't count? While certainly not poor, I don't think he'd count as
any of those things.
Hmm. While he purportedly champions The Masses™, he *is* a lawyer and he *is* wealthy. Hard to call on that one. I'd have to examine his record of actions with that question in mind.
Geo HW Bush, recall, was astonished to discover that laser scanners were used in grocery store checkouts, which indicates how long it had been since he'd personally shopped for groceries.
Not true: http://www.snopes.com/history/american/bushscan.htm
What an interesting article. Gotta love Snopes.
-- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress "The Seven-Year Mirror" http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf
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