Posted on 11/04/2004 6:10:34 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
Which reminds me, one of the many stupid things which CBS and the Kerry campaign managed to accomplish was run ads for a couple weeks showing a young and film star handsome George W. Bush in the cockpit of his plane. Before this, most people thought his National Guard service probably consisted of being selected to date one of Nixon's daughters (which, by the way, he also did).
Yes, the smart candidate chose Bob Schrum to manage his campaign, someone who had a lengthy un-broken record of failure.
They portrayed Reagan as a stupid man and a lightweight who surrounded himself with smart people and 'handlers'. Yet everyone of those smart people when they wrote their books praised Reagan’s intelligence, leadership and insight.
It's tough being kicked out of power.
They need a few decades in the wilderness to become civilized.
Isn't it delicious?
LOL
Contrary to my usual custom, I watched the late night comics last night to see if they were as saddened as Katie Couric and Company.
Letterman did a man-on-the-street "poll". The last question to an assortment of losers on the NYC street was "Are you smarter than George Bush?" Of course, they all said "yes" except the last guy.
I found there delusional thinking amusing. Most of them probably had trouble graduating from high school. Some, I'm sure, didn't make it. I would guess that none of them had a Harvard MBA. I would also guess that they probably had an IQ's well under 120 (probably collectively).
Anyway, she used the typical Bush-is-stupid line and I responded that "At least he's not a former KGB agent." She said, "Well, those people are smart." And I realized that Europeans don't elect prime ministers and presidents and chancellors, they elect kings.
Really, they think of them as emperors and they look for the wisest, most intelligent ones they can find. This is why they don't get offended when they have affairs, especially with subordinates. This is why they blame or credit the POTUS with everything that happens, down to the actions of one particular soldier. This is why they think the Patriot Act will end people's freedoms even if they never have.
Americans elect somebody to do a job. A guy to wear a suit. If Chirac were to take to wearing a crown, Europe wouldn't blink. Mitterand having mistress after mistress was just a perk of office.
We don't want somebody who's too smart. If he's smart, he's usually arrogant and that means he'll try to overstep his bounds. And we run the show. We would rather have somebody honest and transparent and predictable than smart but ungrounded. Also, Americans see through the trappings of intellectualism. Vocabulary and wonkish memory are no substitutes for critical thinking and decision-making. Bush's great skill is his ability to select and motivate people. That's it. And that's the only skill that's necessary to run the executive branch.
I wish I were a columnist, I would expand on this theme.
Wow. That is pretty sad. On a side note: The Republcans pick up 4 Senate seats and all the MSM can do is swoon over Obama.
As observed on FOX this a.m., the Dems paid a hearty price to come up with only Obama and New Hampshire.
I heard a good stroy last night. My sister sends her kids to a Catholic school. Probaly the oldest and best in Vegas. The kids(second grade) in one room had a vote and it was 24 for W and 4 for Kerry.
Maybe. And people who are relaxed, happy, and content with their lives tend to gravitate to small towns where they can enjoy life and when they die, know that others will care and know they will be missed.
I lived in a city for 30 years and love being out. I guess I've been dumbed down.
Carter never said he was smarter than Ford, only holier and more devout. Eisenhower was probably smarter than Adlai, but never wore his brain on his sleeve.
Late in the campaign, in one of those priceless "gotcha" moments, a reporter asked John sKerry about his military intelligence test score results. sKerry looked stunned as the reporter revealed that the test scores of George Bush were HIGHER than sKerry's. sKerry responded by saying "I didn't know that the results had been made public", and he walked away. sKerry then turned around, walked back to the repoter and said "I must have gotten drunk the night before I took the test".
This is a true story, and it shows alot about the character of John sKerry, doesn't it??
Sadly, it's human nature to think the worst.
Great post.
That's why, in their eyes, Kerry would have been perfect.
Life in Mayberry is good!
Smart kids!
That would be news to Teresa who says he doesn't drink, "He's boring that way."
Thanks. I can see Kerry as a Hapsburg.
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