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walkingman

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12. Mediocre

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Feb 16, 2015, 05:36 PM

Feb 2015

Much better than "W" but that isn't saying much. I agree with a lot his philosophy but totally disagree with his war mongering - strange for a Nobel Peace Prize winner. I think he is a terrible negotiator but the fault could be that he is pretty much on his own with very few allies in Congress.

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