Wow! Sounds like I pushed someone's button! LOL!
Dubya is bright, can speak on his feet (sometimes), and knows what he's talking about. I give him that. But his syl-lab-ic stut-ter-ing style of emphasizing words makes him appear like a doofus (note, I said "appear;" don't get your undies in a bundle). If he graduated from Oxford or the Sorbonne I'd say the same thing. I love the guy, don't get me wrong, but I don't engage in hero worship and don't turn a blind eye to the big picture.
His syle of speaking, right or wrong, is historically the number one target of his detractors' ridicule. I'm not saying that's right. Just true. Do you disagree?
The elections are merely a consumer-driven advertising campaign to get the most support for candidates which the elite have already chosen behind the scenes. When we vote, we are merely ratifying their choices.
We don't live in a world where we can ignore the realities of campaigning simply out of blind ideology. Bob Dole taught us that (God bless that decent man). You find me a candidate who is running on a platform that FReepers and others agree with in overwhelming numbers. And I can promise you, if he looks like Jo-Jo the Dog Faced Boy, he doesn't stand a chance.
I'm not defending superficiality; I'm saying it is a fact of life.
And by the way, his education and mine are not pertinent to the discussion. You may as well defend him on his excellent physical shape. You can be highly educated and be inarticulate.
(Your second to the last paragraph is unclear. Can you tell me what it means?)
Yes, I do get testy expecially on the "elitist" cute little jabs at our President, as if he needed more cute little jabs.
That paragraph meant I also took exception to the idea that we must find a candidate that is pleasing/acceptable to the liberals so that they can not possibly find a negative to use in their campaign. That is junk because we all know that THEY WILL FIND SOMETHING AND IF NOT THERE THEY WILL CREATE SOMETHING TO USE.
The fear of the left is ridiculous on here. I have also heard that on each and every point in each and every article posted - we must not do this or the left will do ........
It is a fact they will be against any and every one we try to elect, they will mock, dig up dirt, lie, ridicule ......
So, just why are we to fear that and why do we spin our wheels trying to find one they will have a hard time finding a negative they can use. It can't be done and it is a waste of time.
We GIVE the democrats a great deal more power than we have to when we spin around trying to appease them, trying to alter our agenda so the democrats won't say ........
Phooey on them. They should be demeaned by blazing through what we want done, who we want to elect and playing down their trash talk rather than cowering in the corner with fear.