Of the total of 44 US Presidents: Obama rated 5th best president ever. I was just reading a Democratic publicity release that said, “… after a little more than 5 years, Obama has been rated the 5th best president ever.”
The details:
* Reagan, Lincoln, and 8 others tied for first,
* 15 presidents tied for second,
* 17 other presidents tied for third,
* Jimmy Carter came in 4th, and
* Obama fifth
Rest in peace Iron Lady. You were the greatest Prime Minister Great Britain ever had or will ever hope to have.
Britain’s first and only female Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has died peacefully following a stroke at the age of 87.
Baroness Thatcher has died at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke, her spokesman Lord Bell has announced.
Lord Bell said: “It is with great sadness that Mark and Carol Thatcher announced that their mother Baroness Thatcher died peacefully following a stroke this morning.
“A further statement will be made later.”
Baroness Thatcher, Britain’s first and only woman prime minister, had become increasingly frail and was suffering ill health in recent years.
She was admitted to hospital shortly before Christmas where she underwent an operation to remove a growth from her bladder but was allowed to return home before new year.
The Conservative is always part of the answer;
The Liberal is always part of the problem.
The Conservative always has a program;
The Liberal always has an excuse.
The Conservative says, “Let me do it for you”;
The Liberal says, “That is not my job.”
The Conservatives sees an answer for every problem;
The Liberal sees a problem for every answer.
The Conservative says, “It may be difficult but it is possible”;
The Liberal says, “It may be possible but it is too difficult.”
When a Conservative makes a mistake, he says, “I was wrong”;
When a Liberal makes a mistake, he says, “It wasn’t my fault.”
A Conservative makes commitments;
A Liberal makes promises.
Conservatives have dreams;
Liberals have schemes.
Conservatives say, “I must do something”;
Liberals say, “Something must be done.”
Conservatives are a part of the team;
Liberals are apart from the team.
Conservatives see the gain;
Liberals see the pain.
Conservatives see possibilities;
Liberals see problems.
Conservatives believe in win-win;
Liberals believe for them to win someone has to lose.
Conservatives see the potential;
Liberals see the past.
Conservatives are like a thermostat;
Liberals are like thermometers.
Conservatives choose what they say;
Liberals say what they choose.
Conservatives use hard arguments but soft words;
Liberals use soft arguments but hard words.
Conservatives stand firm on values but compromise on petty things;
Liberals stand firm on petty things but compromise on values.
Conservatives follow the philosophy of empathy: “Don’t do to others what you would not want them to do to you”;
Liberals follow the philosophy, “Do it to others before they do it to you.”
Conservatives make it happen;
Liberals let it happen.
Conservatives plan and prepare to win.
The key word is preparation.
