Gibberish
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Gibberish said:If a topics continues to show new intelligence that is either not communicated or ignored by the White house on a situations that harmed/effected more than a million Americans I think it is worth mentioning.
aps said:Didn't he claim that he didn't know about the people in the Superdome?
hiker said:When people would refer to Bush's intelligence in an unflattering light, I would always counter with the fact that the great presidents were not the intellectuals among us. The best were those that put the right people in the right positions and to delegate authority instead of micromanaging.
galenrox said:Oh come ON dude!
If Clinton pulled this crap you'd still be talking about it, but since it's your guy it's "It was a mistake, whatever", come ON DUDE, you're not even trying!
hiker said:When people would refer to Bush's intelligence in an unflattering light, I would always counter with the fact that the great presidents were not the intellectuals among us. The best were those that put the right people in the right positions and to delegate authority instead of micromanaging. The Reagan model, as it were. I thought all along Bush fit that mold to a T. Lately, I have had more than a little cause to worry on that account. At least he got Roberts right
Deegan said:No, no I wouldn't still be talking about it. He sucked at his job, his first major emergency, and he fouled it up good, now he's fired, end of story. Maybe if there were another election coming, this would be worth discussing, but as it stands, it's just piling it on at this point.
Kandahar said:It's not like the nomination of Brown is an isolated incident, that we should just put behind us now that he's gone. Doesn't it make you wonder how many OTHER incompetent cronies have been appointed to positions of importance, that we won't know about until there is another monumental ****-up?
SouthernDemocrat said:The problem with your argument is Reagan, as revealed by his personal writings, was a very intelligent individual who had a thirst for knowledge. Don't get me wrong, he had some crazy views like his stories about the supposed "Chicago Welfare Queen" or his remarks about "Polluting Trees", but I think that it would be hard to argue that Reagan did not have a strong grasp of many issues, especially those related to foreign policy.
Our greatest presidents, FDR and Lincoln, were also two of the smartest men that ever held the office.
Bush's problem is that he displays neither exceptional intelligence nor a thirst for knowledge. His Administration has proved itself (until lately), to be really good at politics, but in terms of actually governing, his Administration is probably one of the worst in American history.
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