Intelligence is NOT a virtue. I prefer a virtuous President over a devious con-man any day.
Well said, Socratic. Worthy of your namesake.
Intellect is a faculty, it is not a virtue in and of itself.
Fortunately, we have both intelligence and virtue in our president.
It's not just virtue I'm looking for, I'm looking for honesty, integrity and just plain old common sense.
Most liberals live in a fantasy world and common sense is illogical to them.
I agree.
However, it became apparent in the Bush vs Gore campaign just how much of this perception was Media created.
Bush graduated Yale's MBA program while Gore dropped out of law school. But Bush was presented to us as the idiot while Gore was presented as the technology expert. It's clear there is media bias.
Yes virtue, wisdom and intelligence are all desired for the Presidency. But virtue is also desired in the media and we aren't anywhere close.