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George Wallace was governor for like 250 years, so obviously a lot of people felt pretty good about his character
mheslep said:(Responding to: Has Barack Obama ever filed for bankruptcy) Has he ever run a company that could go bankrupt?
Char. Limit said:Why do people care so much about the FLOTUS anyway? She has no real power, does she?
great examplesBobG said:I think most people liked the character of Elizabeth Edwards, John Edward's wife.
I think most people liked the character of Lurleen Wallace, George Wallace's wife.
I think either of those examples would convince people that a candidate's spouse provides little insight into a candidate's character.
(The George Wallace example is even worse than the John Edwards example. He hid Lurleen's cancer from her so she wouldn't drop out of the race for governor, which delayed her treatment until she was beyond treatment.)
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