Posted on 01/01/2022 4:14:25 AM PST by Rummyfan
I have a few friends that are attorneys that don’t suffer fools gladly. I have been speaking independently to two of them. They don’t know each other and likely will never meet each other. They pursued different facets of the law, and each was successful in their career.
Each of them used the same noun to describe the intellect of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamela Harris. They said, “moron”.
I hadn’t heard the term in a long long time. I think the last time was in Animal House.
I have met several prominent politicians from both sides of the aisle in my life. For example, several years ago, I got to spend some quality time with current Senate leader Chuck Schumer. Schumer and I don’t agree on policy at all. He’s a pleasant enough person, and he is intelligent. Same with Dick Durbin. Dick is not unintelligent.
I had breakfast once with Senator John Thune and he is a great conversationalist, and thoughtful. Met John Kerry, and while he’s an ass hole, he has a brain. I had an extended conversation with Senator Joe Lieberman once, and he is really a bright guy.
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Please note, I said Votes, not Voters.
There is nothing about being a moron that necessarily limits your success in the democrat party.
And just to be nitpickey I would further say that they counted 81M votes. I don't think they even had that many ballots even with all the fakes, based on reports of poll workers feeding the same ballots over and over again into the machines.
Contrary to standard FR practice, I did read the entire article and I will disagree with the writer on much of the opinion stated within the body of the article. I will agree with the opening regarding the current occupants of the top 2 political offices in the US.
The best way to start an effective discussion is to agree on the terms used to guide the conversation. In this case, the central term is “moron” and the dictionary provides this definition: “a foolish or stupid person.” Both of these terms deserve their own definition in order to get to the root of the debate. “Foolish” = an action or person lacking good sense or judgement. “Stupid” = having or showing a great lack of intelligence or common sense.
In my estimation, the writer is guilty of associating intellectual capacity of a politician with not being a moron, as if they were mutually exclusive properties. In the examples cited by the writer (Schumer, Durbin, Thune, etc.), I don’t believe most FReepers would find it difficult to give evidence of any of those politicians exhibiting foolish and stupid behavior/choices, thus making them a “moron” by the cited definition.
Yes, they all have intellectual powers and have combined their intellect with a native political cunning in order to achieve their political ends. The author gives no evidence that these political ends show any real judgement, discernment, or common sense when measured against long-term effects. Again qualifying them for the label of “moron”.
Well, duh.
Deep State doesn’t hire the front office types for brains.
Instead of a deep bench, Deep State has a YUGE collection of dunce chairs.
The Senate lost much when it lost him. Heck, we all did.
That Hillary was GIVEN (yes given) his seat in the Senate will forever be a stain on the Democrat party.
I agree. I have known many people with high functioning brains, who may have gone to Harvard or MIT, but who have no common sense. They may have a doctorate from a prestigious school, but they don’t necessarily manage their own lives well, and they may not be able to fix anything around the house. They can be very limited in any practical knowledge. Are they smart? Well, yeah. But they are morons, too.
I have a different definition of ‘quality’
Anyone who thinks Dickhead Durban is intelligent is a complete idiot.
Something I have noticed over the years. Our friends on the Left are Not stupid, well no more so than you or I. The problem is They Are Ignorant. By that i mean they have no idea what anyone outside their bubble really says, and Why they say it. What is worse IMO is they (for the most part) have no curiosity or interest in finding out.
And anyone who says what you posted is doing a Very Good impersonation of what an idiot would write.
Biden and Harris aren’t actually in charge of anything. No one in the administration actually cares what they think. Not sure who is actually running things but it isn’t them.
BFL
I must respectfully disagree. Based on his speech patterns and general comportment observed in interviews, I long ago concluded that he's probably a dull normal.
For clarity’s sake, “Moron” used to be an accurate psychiatric term, denoting someone with an IQ of 51-70. “Imbeciles” were those with IQs between 26-49, and “Idiots” between 0-25.
“Idiots” are best remembered from the term “Village Idiot”, back when they were common, for any number of reasons such as infantile oxygen deprivation caused brain damage. Today they are institutionalized, only seen in public with a handler.
They are typically bloated-obese, their eyes roll in their head, and they hum or mouth closed sing to themselves.
“Imbeciles” are most often recognized by skull deformity, but that is not universal. They have a sub-class called “Cretin”, the result of protracted Iodine deficiency in infancy.
“Morons” today are often highly valued employees, as they are very resistant to boredom when engaged with extended and tedious labor, like long haul trucking, where boredom can be deadly.
Actually, in the Democrat Party, being a Moron is a big plus. Just look at AOC.
Schumer, though, calls the whole premise into question. In high school, he worked for Stanley Kaplan exam prep and kept taking the SATs over and over again until he got a perfect score. What does that say about our ideas of intelligence and testing? Biden or also problematic. Fifty years in DC and "he always voted at his party's call, and never thought of thinking for himself at all." What does that say about thinking and politics?
So that's how he did it.
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