It is interesting that you mentioned Jackson. I also thought of him and when I saw that he was not a cousin to any other U.S. President, I thought that there may be hope for us afterall! :)
>You don't include Abraham Lincoln, T Roosevelt, Eisenhower, or Reagan? :o) (Ok, I forgot we were discussing honesty)
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>I would have chosen Andrew Jackson (problem there is overlooking all of his really terrible faults!) for shutting down the privately owned federal reserve bank. Oh, but we can't include him because he was a Democrat! I'll let the Democrats have him due to the
rest of his character :o)
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http://www.latimes.com/business/printedition/la-fi-axium10jan10,0,2226241.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-business>>>
>>>That can't have been Perry. There was no mention of evil Republicans.
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>>That would be redundant! :)
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>>I can think of two honest and respectable republicans. Theodore Roosevelt, and Gerald Ford. Both were cousins of George Washington. But then so are Bush and Nixon! :)
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http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312172/cousins.html