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The Velveteen Ocelot

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29. The only modern presidents with any experience "running a business" were:

Reply to JohnnyRingo (Original post)

Sun May 27, 2012, 02:57 PM

May 2012

Herbert Hoover (we know how that worked out)
Harry Truman (owned a haberdashery for a few years until it went bankrupt)
Jimmy Carter (ran the family peanut farm)
George H.W. Bush (family set him up in the oil business)
George W. Bush (his M.B.A. didn't help him prevent the recession of 2008)

Most of the Presidents generally considered by historians to be better than average - Teddy Roosevelt, FDR, Eisenhower, Kennedy - even Reagan, depending on your point of view (not mine) had no business experience at all, having been lawyers, legislators and/or military men.

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"Obama never ran a business...." [View all] JohnnyRingo May 2012 OP

But he does have 3 1/2 years experience running the country liberal N proud May 2012 #1

Romeny doesn't say much safeinOhio May 2012 #2

Stupid right wingers treestar May 2012 #5

So what our economy needs is an experienced businessman.... like George W. Bush? Jim Lane May 2012 #12

They have a vision of America, Inc. Voice for Peace May 2012 #26

Good! The United States is Not a Business fredamae May 2012 #3

Community Organizer is more like President than a business treestar May 2012 #4

Mitt also has no experience at being middle class. Voice for Peace May 2012 #27

With the way things are in big business, maybe we're better off bigwillq May 2012 #6

Ding! Ding! Ding! WINNER. TheDebbieDee May 2012 #7

Bingo! goclark May 2012 #8

Good analogy. pinto May 2012 #9

This means Romney was never in the military? Courtesy Flush May 2012 #10

It's the old "moving goal posts". GoCubsGo May 2012 #13

Judging by everything that has been spewing out of Mitt's yap... GoCubsGo May 2012 #11

America can love him four years or more Herlong May 2012 #17

Yes, media distortion is... GoCubsGo May 2012 #19

OBAMA NEVER RAN A BUSINESS, into the ground. WingDinger May 2012 #14

beat me to it. SmileyRose May 2012 #22

We must make the point over and over that Romney is incompetent Rosa Luxemburg May 2012 #28

good one Voice for Peace May 2012 #31

Running the US like he runs his business won't work - except for the 1%. ProfessionalLeftist May 2012 #15

Government for profit The Wizard May 2012 #16

We already had a business man run the country - George W Bush. jillan May 2012 #18

That ws my first reaction. First POTUS with a Masters in Business. Total disaster. If you loved libinnyandia May 2012 #25

...so he's not a sociopath? smirkymonkey May 2012 #20

I'VE run a small business for 20 years and Obama is far better ErikJ May 2012 #21

"small family business" Voice for Peace May 2012 #32

No stock holders-the Koch Bros own the whole $100 billion shebang. ErikJ May 2012 #35

Yeah, and Dubya was our first MBA President JaneQPublic May 2012 #23

Yep... kentuck May 2012 #24

The only modern presidents with any experience "running a business" were: The Velveteen Ocelot May 2012 #29

But, Al Capone and Ken Lay did. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2012 #30

Rmoney will run the federal government to suit madashelltoo May 2012 #33

Amen brother JohnnyRingo May 2012 #36

Neither did most of our previous presidents since the beginning of our country frazzled May 2012 #34

It's irrelevent anyway Prophet 451 May 2012 #37