And then again, a real leader doesn't need policy wonks to tell them how to think. (Reply #54)

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Sun Mar 1, 2015, 06:15 PM

sabrina 1 (62,325 posts)

54. And then again, a real leader doesn't need policy wonks to tell them how to think.

DC is flooded with them and I think part of what we on these forums, is the same 'policy wonks' trying to remain relevant or see their 'cash cow' drying up.

I wonder how many 'think tanks' told FDR what to think, eg?

A leader speaks from the heart AND the intellect. His/her own.

But when a would be leader has to wait to be told what it is okay to say or think, imho, that is not a leader, that is a puppet.

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Red Scare #9 [View all]	H2O Man	Mar 2015	OP
kick	Warren Stupidity	Mar 2015	#1
Thanks.	H2O Man	Mar 2015	#4
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Iraq... Love it or leave it!	world wide wally	Mar 2015	#9
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Can we get the pledge flavored with Vanilla?	Tierra_y_Libertad	Mar 2015	#34
I suppose so, but I am resistant to 'loyalty pledges' regardless of how they are flavored! Lol!	sabrina 1	Mar 2015	#35
Flavored with Rum or Tequila might be a more effective inducement to oath taking.	Tierra_y_Libertad	Mar 2015	#36
It would take a whole lot of that with a few stronger drugs to get me to take any 'loyalty oaths'	sabrina 1	Mar 2015	#40
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Thank you!	H2O Man	Mar 2015	#23
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Your OP's are exactly the length they need to be.	Zorra	Mar 2015	#56
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Number NIne, Number Nine, Number Nine	zeemike	Mar 2015	#11
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And some of it is actually support for neo-liberal policies.	sabrina 1	Mar 2015	#20
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And then again, a real leader doesn't need policy wonks to tell them how to think.	sabrina 1	Mar 2015	#54
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!	H2O Man	Mar 2015	#59
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"Your thinking, Sir,	H2O Man	Mar 2015	#71
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don't remember Truman and MLK associating	bigtree	Mar 2015	#62
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fascinating	bigtree	Mar 2015	#67
Excellent OP as always, H20 Man ...	sabrina 1	Mar 2015	#30
Thank you.	H2O Man	Mar 2015	#72
Because happiness is a warm gun	seveneyes	Mar 2015	#33
Since "half of what I say is meaningless," think I'll just	KingCharlemagne	Mar 2015	#48
A great song.	H2O Man	Mar 2015	#73
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Thank you!	H2O Man	Mar 2015	#74
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