[JediJones]

That’s like being turned off by Tim Tebow being able to talk expertly about football, Tiger Woods being able to talk expertly about golf, or Steve Jobs being able to talk expertly about computers. What kind of ignorant, clueless moron would think being smart enough to talk about issues is a turnoff?

[supremedoctrine]

Well, somebody as amazingly well-researched as Mark
Steyn, for one. I was totally surprised to see a recent piece of his in which he mocked Gingrich for all his ready-made policy answers for everything, his “plans”. I actually wasn’t able to read the whole thing, it was so unexpected. For him, this was a WEAK point of Gingrich’s. He was a fan of Bachmann’s as I remember.

[annieokie]

That is a good analogy. I sure want the smartest there is. When needing financial advice, I wouldn't go to a pawn shop.

Newt is just a SMART genius, and I want smart. What do people want, for him to hide his smarts under a barrel?

Wonder what these people would say about Einstein today, "Oh he's just arrogant and very unpreppy?/s