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for a Knowledge (XXG) list. Also, this article has gone a year and a half without references on something that certainly needs it; and, in the form it is now, I'm surprised it hasn't been "discovered" and descended into an edit war repeatedly yet. (As for CSD: As the article stands right now, it's
205:- Not sure where to begin, but here goes. One, its unmaintainable. With just the elections in the last 12 years, it would probably be one of the biggest lists on Knowledge (XXG). Two: No way in hell it can be NPOV. Three: utterly non-encyclopedic. Almost no redeeming value to this list at all. 312:("He Kept Us Out of War") had a similar problem in 1916, though he genuinely believed the US had no reason to become entangled until Germany started sinking Americans. However, a list of clear cases might actually be too 90: 85: 94: 77: 123: 440: 421: 402: 367: 334: 280: 252: 214: 197: 185: 163: 139: 59: 81: 73: 65: 17: 130:
There are no sources evident. It is also non-encyclopedic, and lets face it, not even an icecube of the tip of the iceberg.
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is by definition going to be biased towards one political party or another. There's almost no way this can be made
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a
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of a presidential campaign was a specific promise that was clearly unmet by the administration.
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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below.
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in 1940 is a prime example: If I recall correctly, he was campaigning keeping America out of
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WP:Really? Elected officials don't keep all their promises? I'm shocked, I say, shocked!
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and an edit war waiting to happen. There have indeed been some cases where, even by
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The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate.
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Knowledge (XXG):Articles for deletion
deletion review
Cirt
talk
20:53, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
List of broken election promises (United States)
List of broken election promises (United States)
edit
talk
history
protect
delete
links
watch
logs
views
delete
View log
Wikivanda199
talk
15:37, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
WP:LISTCRUFT
WP:NPOV
THE AMERICAN METROSEXUAL
16:06, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
POV
WP:OR
KuyaBriBri
16:10, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
Unionhawk

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