Who ever said intelligence was all it took to be a good leader? If that were so, then the eggheaded, brilliant but socially-incompetent scientists I work with would be running the place, and they'd manage to get just as little accomplished as most university administrations.
I don't think "intelligence" per se has as much to do with good governance as having a vision and the ability to inspire people to share it. Bush definitely has that, and unfortunately the Democrats don't.
The thing that bothers me most about Bush, though, is not his lack of intelligence but his complete lack of curiosity about...well...anything. He has already made up his mind about the way the world works (or should work) based on his rather frightening ideological worldview, and no amount of evidence is going to budge him from his position. I think this is downright dangerous. Unfortunately, most people find this kind of simplicity appealing.
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"If ten million people believe a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing."
- Anatole France
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