Scholars rate 10 worst presidential mistakes

That's a rather cynical view.

It's a typo. I mis-typed.

Are we now going to question the veracity of everything because of poor punctuation?

I would have assumed it was a typo. Which it was. Excuse me.

 

Scholars, please. This list was put together by a bunch of drunken illiterate rednecks. Easily half of the top ten presidential mistakes in history were made by George W. Bush.

 

For once the proffs got it right by not mentioning Bush. He could probably make the list of the ten most heroic presidencies. Hey you libs quit putting words in the proffs mouths!

 

could you define heroism?

 

One possible def would be "Doing what you know is the right thing to do against great opposition" You know, people like Schindler etc

 

I don't know what else to call people who disagree with me, and you're right too early to call. But, it is not always the outcome that matters when you perform the right action. You still must do the correct thing.

 

Bush doesn't qualify for consideration because he is currently a sitting president. He won't qualify for consideration until after the 2008 elections when his term is over. Just wait until February, 2009!

 

I'm surprised Kennedy's decision to go to Dallas and/or to ignore his aids and ride in an open car did not make the lists of mistakes. History might be very different today if Kennedy had not been killed. Vietnam might not have happened or would have been very different.

 

NO, but a misspelling in a quote is a legitimate indicator for the need of some healthy skepticism regarding a quote's legitimacy. I would have expected you to cut-and-paste the quote – therefor I would not expect to find and obvious misspelling in a purported historical quote.

 

You suspected (hoped) I had just made up the lines, and you were 'on to me' because of the typo.

I suppose I could feel insulted that you would consider me capable of this, but I am afraid I have to disappoint, and admit that your silly attack does little.

But by all means, carry on trying to excuse your behavior.

 

Stole my line, Scoundrel!

 

Couldn't agree with you more, the knee jerk reaction that either party elicits from it's adherents hurts American more that any one mistake or all top ten Presidential mistakes ever will.

Wildkow

p.s. I dislike the idea of Republicans v. Democrats both parties should be abolished. Give me a liberal or a conservative willing to apply critical thinking to an issue anytime.

 

Hey! I resemble that remark!

After all, I am a conservative with a Prius.
Proof of critical thinking.

(I wonder what liberals will counter with . . . “I'm a liberal with a Hummer�) :huh:

 

You assume it was an online source capable of copy/paste. It was a print source and it has a typo because I made a typo when I typed it into my scrapbook. And no, I don't remember where I got it as it was over a year ago. I added it to my "fascist" quotes in my scrapbook and didn't proofread.

The URLs aren't for the quotes, they are the sources for the list of "danger signs of fascism"

And I apologize for not formating my post in the proper APA or MLA style with citations. I didn't know I was writing a thesis.

Oh, and "thereforE I would not expect to find AN obvious ..."

Typos happen.

 

Don't get too cocky . . .

“thereforâ€(adv.) For that, or this; for it.
http://www.onelook.com/?other=web1913&w=Therefor

And yes, I did make an “an>and†typo. I rearranged the sentence several times . . . it became blurry in my mind . . . “therefor I would not expect to find and obvious misspelling in a purported historical quote†started out as “therefor I would not expect to find mistakes and obvious misspelling in a purported historical quote." But since I did not find other “mistakes†I tried to be accurate and took the word out . . . yep, typos happen.

I wasn't complaining about a simple typo. I was simply asking for a corroborative URL. Can't someone ask for a simple explanation without getting their head bit off? :huh:

But if you wish to go down that road . . . it wasn't ME quoting historical figures and then placing multiple URLs below which look like references for the quotes - due to your partitioning the quotes and the URLs together between two sets of asterisks.

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