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Originally Posted by aceventura3
I find it ironic that "smart" people get defeated by "dumb" people like Bush and Reagan. Perhaps, the bottom line is that those people are not as smart as they think they are.
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No. I think it's because the average American wants to vote for someone who is "just like him/her," and usually, that means voting for someone of average intelligence. You cannot ignore the rampant anti-intellectualism that pervades much of American culture... it has been around for a very long time.
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Originally Posted by aceventura
Now we have Obama, who talked about Clarance Thomas' lack of intellect. And we have Biden who told a person the he thought he was smarter than he was. There is a pattern of this that irritates me. Pretty condescending, isn't it?
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I haven't heard about these things lately, but if they are true... well quite honestly, I don't care how condescending they are. Frankly, ALL politicians are condescending in private... no matter what their public stripes are. They are all just trying to figure out a way to hoodwink a majority of the population, and in doing so, they assume that you are going to follow their herd and be persuaded by their propaganda. They all believe they are smarter than you. What I care about is whether or not they really ARE intelligent, and if they are smarter than me--then all the better. However, I do not want someone that I can "relate to" as president. This country needs a lot more than someone on my level, to run things. It needs someone who really is WAY above me in terms of intelligence, critical thinking skills, and good judgment. But most Americans don't like those qualities. They want their "gut feeling" to be fulfilled, which means... I want our president to be like "me."
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Originally Posted by aceventura
I disagree. I thought Bush was honest. I have no idea how people say they were surprised by his actions as President.
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Well, clearly I'm not going to get far with debating this point with you, if that is already your stance. From your words, I see that the whole premise for invading the Iraq war was 100% honesty and sincerity to you, and if you truly believe that, then we really can't get anywhere on the topic. And that's fine, because I don't want to go down that road on this thread.