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Ace -- I don't care if the Africa anecdote is true or false. I've pretty much made up my mind about Palin either way. But there's no reason to think it's false from the news story that was posted. And most of that list? Says nothing about her intelligence. I have a hard time believing that even you think that winning a beauty pageant means she's smart.
Is she smart? I don't know. I'd bet a great deal of money she's not as smart as Obama, but I think Obama is very, very smart. I tend to think that she's not very smart and not very intellectually curious. Why do I say that? Well, every single thing we know about her says she's not very smart. Even Ace, in his little list of reasons why she's smart, could only come up with "Was selected to be on an oil and gas commission in Alaska". As evidence she's not that smart, consider every interview she's had since she was nominated as V-P, her college record, her choice of husband, how she's raised her children, her behavior while V-P candidate and since the end of the election, and any number of other things. None of these things is in itself a perfect indicator of being not-so-bright. But all of them together make a pretty compelling case.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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