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PARTNERING WITH PRESIDENTS PAST, PRESENT...AND FUTURE?
Super Tuesday is again upon us, and voters in Texas, Rhode Island, Vermont and Ohio are making certain that their voices are heard. In fact, so are WWE's Superstars and Divas, several of whom previously weighed in regarding who they'd vote out of WWE locker rooms and into the Oval Office. WWE.com decided to try something different with this latest electoral go-round, so we asked our ring warriors which U.S. president -- ranging from those who served during the very birth of this great nation, to one who may take office come next January -- they'd choose to partner with in the squared circle, should the need ever arise.
Needless to say, the results below are almost as interesting as their reasons why. Find out who makes the Superstars and Divas' ballots for tag team battle, and be sure to make your opinions heard this Super Tuesday -- head for the booths and Smackdown Your Vote!
JBL & George Washington
"George Washington was ballsy. He helped win a war despite the fact that the country was segregated. He took on the British government with a rag-tag group of troops who fought their rear ends off. What he did at Valley Forge, Pa., was phenomenal. The British army was invincible at that time, yet George Washington led his men to victory and they started their own country. Me & Washington would go after hypocrites Abraham Lincoln & Thomas Jefferson."
- John "Bradshaw" Layfield
Shelton Benjamin & Bill Clinton
"Bill keeps it real. He was one of the first U.S. presidents that reached out to young people. Dating back to the days of playing saxophone on The Arsenio Hall Show, Bill has always been cool. He did what most presidents don't: He showed vulnerability. Some men have troubles with the ladies, but Clinton ... he was more real to me. He wasn't what the government would like for Americans to see the president as. They want you to see the president as the perfect man. No one's perfect, and I think he showed that."
- Shelton Benjamin
Kelly Kelly / Layla & Hillary Clinton
"I'd love to tag-team with Hilary Clinton. She's great, and I'm behind her one hundred percent in this election. She should be the first woman president, because she fights for what she wants."
- Kelly Kelly
"Hillary can take a beating, and she gets right back up. She doesn't care. She's taken on a bad rap, taken on bad words politicians say about her, and you know what? She's still standing. Hillary's a survivor. That's what I like."
- Layla
Kofi Kingston / Jimmy Wang Yang / Mickie James & Abraham Lincoln
"He was scrawny, but he was a fighter in a very tough time, you know? He never gave up. If you have someone like Lincoln at your side, that is all that matters. It would be a classic match with Kofi Kingston & Abe Lincoln vs. Doom."
- Kofi Kingston
"A wrestler like Lincoln would be a great complement to me, because I'm short and he was tall."
- Jimmy Wang Yang
"Lincoln was a wrestler and a general, so he was tough. I'm short and compact...but if I were to tag Abe in, you'd have to watch out for his long reach. And that hat would throw you off every time; it adds a half a foot."
- Mickie James
Mark Henry & John McCain
"The only current candidate to have real experience with war is John McCain; I'll take him in a battle. To be able to survive a POW camp means that he can take on a lot. I respect that about him."
- Mark Henry
MVP & Andrew Jackson / Theodore Roosevelt
"Other than choosing Abraham Lincoln ... two others come to mind: Andrew Jackson, because he was ‘Old Hickory' and they say he was tough as hell, and Teddy Roosevelt, because he was one of the original ‘Rough Riders.' I think anyone with those kinds of nicknames would be good enough to be on my team. If I had Lincoln, Jackson or Roosevelt as my tag team partner, I'd have the entire United States Military behind me. I could take on 10 Undertakers."
- Montel Vontavious Porter
Victoria & Barack Obama
"I have a T-shirt that reads ‘Victoria Hearts Obama.' He's not taking any money from special interests groups, so he's not going to show favoritism. I also think he'd be an awesome kisser."
- Victoria
Stevie Richards & Ron Paul
"I'd team with Ron Paul, because he's for everything I believe in. He uses common sense above everything. He's for liberty, no taxes and a less intrusive, smaller government."
- Stevie Richards
Matt Striker & George W. Bush
"That's the simplest question in the world. I'd have to team with the best president this great nation has ever known: George W. Bush. And I'll tell you why. George W. Bush is a cowboy. He doesn't do things because everyone else tells him to do them; he does them because he wants to. Forget John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Ralph Nader and Barack Obama. Forget Mike Huckabee, even though his name is fun to say. If George W. Bush could amend the constitution and get a third term, this country would be amazing. I hearby start a campaign to re-elect George W. Bush right now. We would go after Bill Clinton and handcuff him to a bumper, like the Four Horsemen did to Dusty Rhodes."
- Matt Striker
Jillian & Ronald Reagan
"Reagan was an actor, and he was hot. We'd just go after whoever the current champs were at the time and hold the gold in no time."
- Jillian
Cody Rhodes & Lyndon B. Johnson
"John F. Kennedy had a lot of great ideas and theories that he wanted to put into action, but sadly, his life was cut short. LBJ, a Texan, stepped in and did the work. I would've liked to see Lyndon B. Johnson and Cody Rhodes versus the Wild Samoans at WrestleMania."
- Cody Rhodes
