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paleotn

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8. Well said. And GW could have become president for freaking LIFE but chose not to.

Reply to ironman99 (Original post)

Tue Jun 30, 2026, 05:32 PM

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He was that popular and in a new nation who'd never known anything but a royal sovereign. But he said no. 2 terms and done.

Not a bad magnum opus for a guy who arguably started a world war at the tender age of 22 (Seven Years War - Jumonville Glen).

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