Obama the silver tongued, well educated, earnest, rock solid character and Palin the ignorant, unlearned, conniving shill.
Some advice for you Mr. Hitchens. Pay attention.
Perhaps unlike in Great Britain, going to the finest institutions of higher learning in the USA is no substitute for common sense. It is no substitute for successful decision making and it is no substitute for wisdom. It is no substitute for the ability to succeed either, in the corporate world or in politics.
Yet, many commentators, including some on the 'right', have expressed dismay, or even mocked Palin for being a backwoods rube, while noting Obama can discuss the writings of some obscure philosopher that 90% of Amercians never heard of and don't care about.
Let's start with the bizness world shall we. (Bear in mind that many of America's finest colleges have been operating for eons. For example, Stanford was started in 1885, MIT in 1861, and the vaunted Ivy League schools hundred plus years before that).
Bill Gates and Paul Allen: Harvard drop outs
Steve Jobs: One semester at Reed College
Thomas Edison: Home schooled.
Henry Ford: Farmer, mechanic and machinist.
Andrew Carnegie: No formal education
Orville and Wilbur Wright: High school dropouts
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And what about Politics....
George Washington: Self educated and a surveyor/soldier
Ben Franklin: Two years of formal schooling as a youngster and apprentice in a printing press
Abraham Lincoln: 18 months of school.
Eisenhower and Patton: Westpoint and VMI, respectively
Harry Truman - 2 years of college and work on the railroad.
Jesse Helms: Junior college dropout, newspaper reporter.
Ronald Wilson Reagan: Graduated from Eureka College, sports announcer.
So next time you want to play the "palin is an anti-intellectual populist" game, keep in mind that each of the names mentioned above did far more for their country and the intellectual, scientific, and cultural development of America than all the classically educated morons that fill the pages of the NY Times, National Review, Slate and the Atlantic Monthly.
A foreigner with a foreigner’s sensibilities. Our small town, wholesome, plain speaking Sarah is just too American for him.
"I'm Baracko Buma and I approved this endorsement."
Palen is unashamedly Christian. Hitchens hates Christianity.
well Pissant...we’re certainly on the same page on this one...I can’t believe that Hitchens...could do this...I’ve lost ALL respect for him.
Great response!
I am opposed to abortion, but if his mother had chosen that route, I would have forgiven her.
Mr Hitchens, I submit that you are “ever learning, but never able to come to the knowledge of the Truth,” (2nd Timothy 3:7) and that you are among those who, “professing themselves to be wise, they became fools.” (Romans 1:22)
If you believe anything they say or have said then I have a island in San Francisco I want to sell you......
Appears that Chris may have suffered a relapse. His condition never appeared to be all that stable.
But this isn't the Bronze Age vs. the Iron Age, folks. This is just bigotry, against people who work for a living.
Hitch hates everyone who doesn't know him. I'd hate to be his bartender.
One day, however. Hitch may learn the hard way never to insult the guy who makes the tartar sauce.
Isn’t this the guy who says he is an Atheist? Or do I have him mixed up with someone else?
There’s a difference between intelligence and wisdom. That is largely the difference between Obama and Palin. Don’t get me wrong - being smart is good. The fact that Obama knows and can waffle on about all manner of obscure subjects is very commendable. Its an advantage for a president to know things, but in the final analysis, presidents cannot know everything...that is why they have advisors. My take is that Palin may very well know less, but I think she understands more - and in the end, that’s more important.
I don’t get it. On this panel Hitchens was all over what a fake Obama was.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAxGJUHluZg
Hitchins will be the first one to turn on Obama after he’s elected. Probably hoping to see him elected because it will be so easy and fun for Hitchins to demolish Barry.
Though his upbringing and manner were patrician the best advice Bill Buckley ever left us was it would be better to be governed by the first 200 names in the Boston phone book than by the faculty of Harvard.
I don’t know why anyone ever listened to this drunken piece of sludge. The first time I ever heard of Hitchens was because of his attacks on Mother Teresa(calling her a “hellbat”). That was all I needed to hear. His being right on a few issues doesn’t change the fact that he has always been an anti religious bigot. It’s only natural for him to endorse the secularist Obama.
Why how dare you criticize Hitchens. Don’t you understand that he is our superior in every way! He seems to have no problem suggesting that people vote for a “pathological liar.” Yet we are, of course, to revere Chrissy for his brilliance.