>>>>>>>>>>I have a hunch he will stop doing the presidential tease right around the time his TV show wraps up the current season.
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>>>>>>>>>No hunch necessary as he said as much 2 weeks ago.
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>>>>>>>>>Donald Trump will* unveil the date and time for a press conference where he will make a formal announcement about his presidential plans during the finale of his reality show, a top Trump aide told CBS News.
>>>>>>>>>http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20053932-503544.html
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>>>>>>>>Run, Donald, run! ;-)
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>>>>>>>He could certainly do a better job than the bumbling idiot we have in the white house now....
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>>>>>>He'd certainly be more entertaining. And he'd really class the place up. Some gold faucets and Taj Mahal touches would be nice.
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>>>>>>I think Charlie Sheen might be ready for a career change by then, so Trump will get at least one of his first picks for the cabinet.
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>>>>>The more I hear Trump and Charlie Sheen the more I think they have the same script writers. And it's all geared to appeal to the stupidest most paranoid whackpots in our society, namely the far right conservatives.
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>>>>>Obama is not only one of the most qualified presidents in recent memory, but I would definitely put him in the top 10 greatest :
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>>>>>1.) Lincoln
>>>>>2.) Washington
>>>>>3.) Roosevelt
>>>>>4.) Kennedy
>>>>>5.) Eisenhower
>>>>>6.) Truman
>>>>>7.) Obama (and moving up!)
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>>>>You're kidding, right?
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>>>>I agree with most of your picks except for Eisenhower, Roosevelt and Obama.... you're missing Reagan...
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>>>Agree about Reagan. Surprised you have problem with Ike. I think history is going to be very kind to him.
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>>As a general, sure. As President I'm not so sure. He's been out of office for 50 years, which would seem to be soon enough for historians to start noticing. The 50s seem to be remembered mainly as a sleepy time. (David Halberstam wrote a good book asserting that it wasn't as sleepy as we think).
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>I liked Halberstam's book . Historians are already reevaluating Ike's leadership style - seen at the time as detached and even clueless and seen in retrospect as knowing how to let others take the heat - or even the credit - if it advanced his agenda. And it's horses for courses. Keeping a lid on was very much what the 50s were all about. Probably just as well. At least there was a 60s <s> ( are you too young to remember "duck and cover"?)

Yes, a little too young for the actual classroom exercises. But the Cold War was still alive and well, The domino theory, all that.