I agree with your overall point entirely, but I must point out that Nixon was considerably more intelligent than Kennedy and, well, every other American President ever since. He had many flaws, but lack of intelligence was certainly not one. He had an extremely sharp and complex mind, quite a difference from the Bushes and Obamas of the present.
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I agree with your overall point entirely, but I must point out that Nixon was considerably more intelligent than Kennedy and, well, every other American President ever since. He had many flaws, but lack of intelligence was certainly not one. He had an extremely sharp and complex mind, quite a difference from the Bushes and Obamas of the present.
Gore and Kerry are no geniuses. But no way are they not smarter than Bush.
MobBoss
Off-Topic Overlord
Too bad their transcripts dont seem to support that.
Their careers certainly do. Not to mention just talking they sound much smarter.
Berzerker
Deity
MobBoss
Off-Topic Overlord
its so less polarizing to use the entire transcript
Hey, whats good for the goose is good for the gander as well.
But I wouldnt object to either Kerry or Gore simply because they made a C in some particular class in college as I dont think it very descriptive of their capability to lead today.
Berzerker
Deity
agreed, having unimpressive transcripts myself I dont look down my nose at Cs or Ds or dropouts.
mangxema
I
What great irony it would be for the Bush folks. They have made this possible, in a way, and I don't think they like the prospect of Perry.
True. I wasn't being entirely serious about that. By all means, focus on the most recent material. But still, I feel like that's a sort of 'poison fact' that's going to follow him forever, especially in this economic climate. Like, 'why is Perry giving Bernanke crap about the Fed?' 'Well, he did nearly fail economics.' And so on.
Welcome to CFC OT.
You mean someone living in Texas for decades? Come off it, all of you. Yes, he was born in the Northeast, but he grew up and lived in Texas for the vast majority of his life.
If you guys don't like him, fine, but ridicule him for legitimate things, not this crap.
Ziggy Stardust
Absolutely Sane
I agree. There is a whole goldmine to delve into with regard to ridiculing this guy.
And about time you changed your avvie back.
MobBoss
Off-Topic Overlord
Yeah, Al Gore certainly sounded smarter the more he cursed in his latest rant....
I mean really Cutlass....we both know the vast amount of litterally stupid things Al Gore has said over the years. How can you say the guy sounds smater is beyond me.
Zack
99% hot gas
You realize we're talking smarter than George W. Bush, right? That's not setting the bar very high, to say the least.Yeah, Al Gore certainly sounded smarter the more he cursed in his latest rant....
I mean really Cutlass....we both know the vast amount of litterally stupid things Al Gore has said over the years. How can you say the guy sounds smater is beyond me.
MobBoss
Off-Topic Overlord
Yeah, but using Kerry and Gore as examples isnt a winning combo. If you think Lurch and Mad Al are smarter than Chimpy then good for you, but fwiw, I think Chimpy just a tad smarter than they, albeit not by probably much.
Bestbank Tiger
Deity
GhostWriter16
Deity
I don't give Gore the slightest respect, and I don't know anything about Kerry other than that he's a pro-choice Democrat (Who had a rather pathetic way of reconciling this with his Catholicism.)
Laurencius
Just a tourist.
As Dubya himself said, "we misunderestimate" him. Dubya achieved a level of stupidity which will likely be unmatched by any other president.
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