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Too many on the left seem to believe that anybody that doesn’t agree with them is not smart enough to know what is best for this country or even for oneself.[/quote]
Replace the “LEFT” with “RIGHT”. It goes both ways.[/quote]
Perhaps, you’re correct on this but I only see the media portraying one-side as dumb.
The past few elections we have been told the Harvard educated; Clinton, Kerry and Obama were geniuses but Bush, McCain and even going back a ways, Reagan were dummies.
What’s ironic about this is that Bush is the only president we’ve ever had with degrees from both Harvard and Yale. Yet he has been portrayed as a idiot more so than any president in my lifetime.
Personally I don’t know who has the highest IQ nor do I care. One doesn’t have to be a genius to be a good president. One has to be a leader. And one has to surround himself with smart capable folks.
Lastly, there is another difference. Most conservative initiatives have been those of traditional values. They aren’t trying to reshape this country but to preserve our traditions. That usually meant less government intrusion into our lives instead of more.[/quote]
Carter was a Nuclear Engineer. Smart as a whip, just couldn’t step back and
work the big picture.
Clinton was a rhodes scholar.
Kerry was quite bright, he was a polyglot and i’ve seen him speak.
Obama was on Law Review.
Bush Jr was an affirmative action baby. If he didn’t have his family he’d
have been some gas station clerk.
Bush Sr was a sharp guy until he went mental.
Reagan was an amiable dunce.
Ike was super bright, one of the best. Not an academic like his brother,
but a supreme planner, thinker, manager. He’d have run IBM or GE if he
hadn’t run the war.
Nixon was quite sharp, but just wasn’t able to separate the moral
aspects of his job.
LBJ wasn’t bright, but was intensely political and wanted to make a better society.
LBJ, Carter, Clinton, Obama, these were guys who made themselves.
Bush 1 and 2, McCain, These were scions of wealth and privelige.
as for conservative traditional values, where does Invading Iraq
fit in there.
