>>>>>No sympathy here. Get a grip, grow up, and be responsible for your own life for a change.
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>>>>I offer the observation, for all those who pride themselves on being so much smarter than George W Bush ... When W realized alcohol was screwing up his life - he stopped drinking.
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>>>>He's dumb enough to believe in a higher power and that other people might be smart enough to help him when he needs it - and he's sober.
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>>>I always thought he was a good man and smarter than most people. You don't win two terms being an idiot.
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>>And confronting your demons and defeating them shows strength and character. If Clinton, Kennedy or Nixon had been able to do that they'd have been better men and better Presidents.
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>Interesting point though Charles. Maybe a damaged President is a better one. Nothing wrong with a little self doubt and something to hide.

I agree about the self-doubt when it comes to making the awesome decisions that are involved in the Presidency. (perhaps that is what Al Gore was offering as a credential when he tried to get Donna Brazil and focus groups to teach him to be an alpha male <s>) but one would hope that as a baseline you have a man who has the personal strength to have his own life together.

As to the something to hide - I disagree. That means looking over your shoulder and engaging in cover ups. Nixon and Kennedy were very good examples. The difference was Kennedy had a more skilled pack of enablers and wasn't around long enough for it to catch up with him. In the climate of today, JFK would have never made it to the White House - Gary Harting out early as he really had some pretty obsessive-compulsive issues that makes Clinton look like Pope Benedict. Bobby maybe. Teddy would have been in jail.

By the way, today's trivia question : know who was godfather to RFKs first child, Kathleen Kennedy?