[ClearCase_guy]

Pretty good interview with Ronnie. I liked that he recognized that Nixon was truly smart. I see the characterization of presidents this way:

Eisenhower -- dumb and boring
Kennedy -- god-like
Johnson -- Good man, overwhelmed by Vietnam, sad story, let's forget about him.
Nixon -- can't call him dumb, so let's call him evil.
Ford -- Dumb.
Carter -- Brilliant.
Reagan -- Dumb
Bush I -- Dumb.
Clinton -- Brilliant.
Bush II -- Dumb.
Obama -- Brilliant.

All the Democrats are brilliant. All the Republicans are dumb -- the only exception is Nixon. They couldn't call him dumb, so they called him evil and hated him all the more.

[keepitreal]

I would amend your description. Bush II - dumbest man ever born (until the next republican is elected).

[Antoninus]

Don't forget:

Sarah Palin -- Dumb.

[dead]

Reagan was simultaneously mule-dumb and brilliantly cunning and evil.

Somehow, using their dented liberal brains, it made perfect sense that he could be both at the same time.

[a fool in paradise]

Jimmy Carter ALSO pronounced the word nuclear as “nukular” and he served on a nuclear submarine.

[Dionysius]

Liberals are the real mouthbreathers. Their only guage for measuring intelligence in others is whether or not they agree with them. They are very adept at recognizing evil, however. Each and every one is evil to the core — Ron Howard being in the forefront.