Posted by JimSmith: Based on the title of the thread, neither was it the intended topic of discussion. Jim

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This is so obviously true. It reminds me of the Paris peace talks--all that time wasted arguing about the size and shape of the table.

If Bot wants to apply a different standard of friendship to Georgie Anne Geyer than he does to Donald Rumsfeld, it doesn't mean s**t to a tree, as a friend of mine used to say. And of course, it has zippo to do with the issue of experience for high office, which was the discussion I had in mind when I posted it.

Joe B.