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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-03-10 08:08 PM
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4. Grover Cleveland...hmmm...
His philosophy of government was that the Presidency was not an "activist" vehicle, but rather a guard dog--i.e. that it should not lead the charge for change, but it should be the country's first line of defense against anything perceived as "harmful".

It made for a rather bland and boring Presidency. Still, he was the first President to get married while in office--and to a woman that was more than 20 years his junior, I believe.
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