Kendall,
I don't think Dubya is terribly Machiavellian in and of himself. Cheney and that scoundrel Rumsfeld on the other hand...
Here's a thought about Iraq and Machiavellianism: We went to war on the lamest of "public" excuses. However--and maybe this is the military man in me speaking--we have 125K+ troops in a country that borders three of the four countries having direct involvement in the events of 9/11: Syria, Iran and Saudi Arabia. It makes perfect strategic sense to me.
Kyle
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Sent: Thu 1/10/2008 2:51 PM
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Subject: Re: Obama experience
Machiavelli said "it is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be
both." There are many that say the present administration is the most
Machiavellian in the history of the US. All politicians seem to follow
Machiavelli to an extent, but what of those who consciously try to not
appear to be Machiavellian? Are they not the most duplicitous of all?
On Jan 10, 2008 5:51 AM, Cleveland, Kyle E. <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> I'm not so sure it was either passion or self-pity that provoked the
> tears. I think it may possibly have been a calculated action to show
> she's not "calculating". She has a rep for being cold, ya know.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
> Of Kathy
> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 6:30 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Obama experience
>
> Humph, just because a woman cries, it's a negative thing -- it wasn't a
> pity
> party!
>
> (and besides, she won, so it doesn't seem to have hurt her chances in
> the
> caucus.)
>
> Kat
>
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> From: "ken barber" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 1:19 AM
> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.c-palsy
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> Subject: Re: Obama experience
>
> > looked like a pity party to me.
> >
> > --- Tamar Raine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >> I didn't see the entire hilary thing, but what I did
> >> see was not crying! I saw hilary being passionate
> >> about the issues she says she cares about. There is
> >> a difference guys!
> >>
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> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----
> >> From: ken barber <[log in to unmask]>
> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >> Sent: Tuesday, January 8, 2008 6:55:29 PM
> >> Subject: Re: Obama experience
> >>
> >> well Virginia, you told me something I did not know
> >> about LBJ.
> >> WAR ON POVERTY..LOOKS LIKE POVETY WON!
> >>
> >> WATCHING THE RETURNS, RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE
> >> hILLARY'S DEMISE MIGHT HAVE BEEN EXAGERATED.
> >>
> >> sorry i can't seem to keep my fingers off the caps
> >> lock for some reason.
> >>
> >>
> >> --- Virginia Perry <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Ken,
> >> >
> >> > As I understand it, LBJ's health was a factor. He
> >> > didn't want the American public to lose another
> >> > sitting president so soon after Kennedy. One of my
> >> > sources says LBJ had an actuarial study done in
> >> 1967
> >> > to see how long he had to live. In fact, he died
> >> in
> >> > January 1973, so his instinct in that was pretty
> >> > accurate. Of course, his party wasn't very
> >> > supportive, either, due to all the flak LBJ was
> >> > taking on Vietnam. I sometimes wonder what he
> >> could
> >> > have accomplished if he hadn't been saddled with
> >> > Vietnam -- if he'd been able to really focus on
> >> his
> >> > War on Poverty.
> >> >
> >> > But I guess my overall point was that experience
> >> > shouldn't always be THE deciding factor in an
> >> > election.> Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 14:03:18 -0700>
> >> > From: [log in to unmask]> Subject: Re:
> >> Obama
> >> > experience> To: [log in to unmask]> >
> >> > Virginia, et al,> > Carter ran in '76 as an
> >> "outside
> >> > the Beltway" candidate, and relied on his>
> >> executive
> >> > experience in Georgia. Reagan ran as an "outside
> >> the
> >> > Beltway"> candidate in 1980, and relied on his
> >> > executive experience as Governor of> California.
> >> > Clinton ran as an "outside the Beltway" candidate
> >> in
> >> > '92, and> relied on his executive experience as
> >> > governor of Arkansas. Johnson had a> lot of
> >> > Washington experience, and was vice president
> >> under
> >> > Kennedy, which> helped him a lot in his election
> >> in
> >> > 1964. It would have been interesting to> see what
> >> > would have happened if LBJ had run in '68.> On Jan
> >> > 4, 2008 5:40 PM, Virginia Perry <[log in to unmask]>
> >> > wrote:> > > Historical note: Nixon won his first
> >> > term as president at least partly> > because he
> >> ran
> >> > as the more experienced candidate (he'd been
> >> > vice-president> > before). More experience can be
> >> > better, but it isn't always a guarantee of> >
> >> > quality
> >> >
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