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Monday, June 6, 2011

Catastrophic Blunderers - TPO


Catastrophic Blunderers
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James Buchanan (1791-1868) - 15th U.S President ... a do-nothing, "après-moi, le deluge" type. He knew a great storm was building, but he left it all to Abraham Lincoln to confront and take on.












Andrew W. Mellon (1855-1937) - Secretary of the Treasury in 1929. His prescriptions for the economic disaster of the time ...
"Liquidate labor, liquidate stocks,
liquidate the farmers, liquidate real estate ... it will purge the rottenness out of the system."










Arthur Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940) - British prime minister, 1937-1940, a total dupe, and Hitler appeaser, who nearly brought shame to Britain.














George W. Bush (1946 - ) - 43rd U.S President ... two wars (one completely unjustifiable), and an economy near shambles at the end of his second term.














John S. McCain (1936 - ) - Republican U.S Senator and 2008 Presidential candidate from Arizona ... couldn't even remember how many homes he owned.













Sarah Palin (1964 - ) - Alaska's half-term Republican governor, and McCain's vice-presidential candidate ... screws up on facts and history almost on a constant basis, but never admits or owns up to mistakes ... like many dangerous demagogues, charismatic and lucky.











Michele Bachmann (1956 - ) - Republican U.S. Representative from Minnesota, identical to Sarah Palin on approach to facts and history ... fanatical, and even a bit of a religious zealot.






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