[marktwain]

Excellent post. I feel more confident about the future because of it. Having been burned so many times in the past, It is easy to remain skeptical.

[baseballmom]

Thanks for another "great read" ping.

He is not an intellectual. He uses strange language. He knows nothing of the rest of the world. He doesn't look as if he can think straight....his critics cling doggedly to their initial preconceptions.

I don't understand this. I believe I'm a fair minded person. If I have preconcieved notions about someone, and they consistantly behave in a manner that doesn't at all fit that notion, then maybe it's time to give that person another look.

There are VERY FEW people willing to say, "hey, I was wrong about this man, or this woman". I think those who practice the politics of personal destruction, don't care to change their minds - or any one elses mind. It fits their agenda.