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NewYorkerfromMass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-12-04 08:45 AM
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Who Was the Greatest President of the 20th Century? (This is funny)
LOS ANGELES — I'm Jim Nantz welcoming you to the Quaker State Halftime Show presented by Budweiser, and so far, this has been just the way you want to determine a Nextel Greatest American President of the 20th Century. I'm joined here as always by Billy Packer, the nation's foremost college hoops analyst, and one of the country's leading political commentators, Bill Schneider.

Turning first to you, Billy: F.D.R. is definitely bringing the pressure we all expected him to, but Ronald Reagan is more than withstanding it. Surprise?

PACKER Not at all, Jim. The big problem when you go up against F.D.R., of course, is his tremendous length, something Reagan didn't see in his matchups against Eisenhower and Wilson. But, to his credit, Reagan's maintaining excellent communication on the floor....

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/12/opinion/12MARC.html?pagewanted=print&position=
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