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To: GATOR NAVY

Nope. There were plenty of folks at that time with businesses that had real employees.

But, just because I don’t like being picky, I’ll acknowledget that running a plantation was a lot of work. However, I was reacting to the notion that a president isn’t qualified who hasn’t had run a business.

Eisenhower was a general. So was Washington. They were not renowned as businessmen. Certainly, those were not the reasons they’d been called to the presidency.

Most of the military spend their entire lives in that career, and never have to meet a payroll.

And, no place in the Constitution does it mention a “Businessman in Chief” but it does mention a “Commander in Chief.”


152 posted on 02/09/2008 6:38:39 PM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain -- Those denying the War was Necessary Do NOT Support the Troops!)
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To: xzins
I was reacting to the notion that a president isn’t qualified who hasn’t had run a business.

I agree with your post, I just thought he had a little more business experience than you were giving him credit for.

153 posted on 02/09/2008 10:39:23 PM PST by GATOR NAVY (Your parents will all receive phone calls instructing them to love you less now.)
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