On 9/5/08, Maureen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Since GG's crying and I have time I'll answer.
> Who would you say is the best commander in chief we've had? How much military > experience did he have? WSJ 2005 scholar poll George Washington - General of the Armies - Commander in Chief of Continental Army during the American Revolution. Abraham Lincoln - Captain, Private - Black Hawk War Franklin D. Roosevelt - None - FDR, however, did serve as Assistant Secretary of the Navy from 1913-1920. Thomas Jefferson - none - Commander Virginia Militia Theodore Roosevelt - Colonel (Medal of Honor) Spanish-American War Ronald Reagan- Captain - In military but not in war because of bad eyesight Harry S. Truman Colonel World War I :) George W. Bush 19 George H. W. Bush 21 Bill Clinton 22 Who was the president with the best military credentials? How good a president was he? Washington? The best? > The rhetoric is that McCain's military experience would make him a > better president. No, it shows commitment to his country. > So my question is, for example, was Grant a better president that Lincoln? Apples oranges. Is Buchnan better than Washington? > The rhetoric states that McCain's years in the senate make him more > qualified than Obama, who has not served as long. > So by that standard, was Johnson a better president than Kennedy? It's what he's done in the Senate. Obama has done nothing. McCain has proven he will work on both sides of the aisle. > The rhetoric states that Obama's celebrity makes him less desirable than > McCain. > By that standard, would Ronald Reagan, a well known actor, be less > qualified than Michael Dukakis, who was unknown before his > presidential campaign? Reagan won by a landslide not because he was a celebrity, because he had a plan. > If you're going to state, as you have repeatedly, that experience, or > lack there of, matters, show me why. Not me. I'm asking what he's done in his life to show he's going to implement change. McCain and Palin both made changes, it's not just talk. Obama and Biden need to back up the talk with something. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:268187 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
