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Barack Obama just became the first sitting president to publish a scholarly article.
The article, titled "United States Health Care Reform: Progress to Date and Next Steps," with "Barack Obama, JD" listed as the author, was published in the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association (known as JAMA) on July 11.
It's a pretty badass move for a president, and he got a lot of love on Twitter with the hashtag #ObamaJAMA.
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PatrickforO
(14,605 posts)honorably and at the top of his game and becomes an elder statesman.
He'll be right up there with Carter in terms of downright goodness and REAL morality.
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)I LOOOOOVE IT!!!!
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)LuvNewcastle
(16,867 posts)Presidents we've ever had, certainly in my lifetime. Kennedy was before my time, but from what I've read, there seems to be a certain similarity between him and Obama.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)Jimmy Carter is pretty dang smart, too.
Stinky The Clown
(67,846 posts)And for that matter so is Hillary. In fact, maybe more so.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)we don't tend to attract dumbasses like the other party does.
Stinky The Clown
(67,846 posts)Last edited Thu Jul 14, 2016, 08:11 PM - Edit history (1)
Ike - a natural leader and generally a good guy, but no high scholar.
Nixon - paranoid but not dumb
Ford - at best, of average intelligence, his oafishness notwithstanding
St Ronald - IQ and hat size always in competition
Poppy Bush - not a nice man, but probably the smartest of the bunch
Idiot Son Bush - please
And then there are their candidates . . . . . wow.
LuvNewcastle
(16,867 posts)lifetime, and not many Presidents are stupid, by I was really talking about Obama and Kennedy as intellectuals. That's a certain kind of intelligence we don't see in the White House very often. It doesn't always work out in our favor, though. Woodrow Wilson had a great intellect, but he was a disaster.
Obama should be on the SCOTUS one day. I think he would be happier and possibly more effective there. Wouldn't it be great if he succeeded Thomas?
spanone
(135,950 posts)caraher
(6,279 posts)Another editorial in the same issue invites presidential candidates to offer their thoughts on health care for publication.
Trump in JAMA?
sofa king
(10,857 posts)It took me eight years to publish a novella, while I raked leaves.