RC> * Originally in crossfire
 RC> * Crossposted in debate
 RC> * Crossposted in POL_INC
 RC> * Crossposted in POL_DISORDER
 RC> * Crossposted in politics

 RC> Hello All!

 RC> I have noted often over the past few years that a few in
 RC> these echoes refer to the current US President as the
 RC> "decider"

 He used the term to describe himself.

 RC> The term seems to be used to describe him in a deragotory
 RC> fashion.

  He could well have been making a derogatory comment about
  himself.

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 RC> Why arent Clinton and Carter regarded as deciders?

  They didn't describe themselves that way. Bush did.


BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

... George W. Bush... presidential mushroom. Kept in the dark and fed manure.
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