[ROCKLOBSTER]

I prefer not to make assumptions that I know the innermost secrets of his soul.

His credentials and his words tell most of us about all we need to know. He ain't no Walter Williams or Herman Cain.

Do you assume a mosquito will not bite you until you "know the innermost secrets of his soul"?

[A_perfect_lady]

I listened for 8 years to liberals pronouncing that Bush invaded Iraq because he had daddy issues, and I decided that I would never be like them. I therefore do not pretend to know a stranger's inmost self.

It is enough to observe that professors are notoriously naïve about real life, which is why the majority of the ones in the soft sciences are liberals. I can look at his CV and see the glaring lack of real-life work experiences. I can look at his photo and see how young he is. I can look at his degrees and see the focus on soft, useless academic diddling and know his brain and his assumptions show no evidence of having ever been challenged.

I will not presume any further than this. You may, if you like, but I will not.