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Originally Posted by DanaC

Slang, dont take this as in any way an insult or challenge but just a matter of curiosity on my part.

I just found this.

Thanks for trying to be delicate here but it's ok, I understand that people feel much differently than I do on this issue. I can only dry fire a pistol at the computer screen, so you're safe. This is the internet....no danger.

Originally Posted by DanaC

I can understand not holding it against him personally, but would you not prefer a President who was ...well....more intelligent and articulate?

The man can't speak. There's no arguing that point. Is he intelligent? I would guess that the majority of people here would say no. I would also guess that the majority of those people didnt graduate from Yale. Yes, I know, Dick Cheney bought Bush's way through.....whup, no, his daddy. It's hard to unwravel all the different variations.

Yes, to the masses that think he's a dumbass, in some ways I can see your point. I don't think that he's stupid but you'll never agree. So where does that leave us.....no win, all around.

There are some of us that believe that the polished bullshit that many of the popular politicians display is nice to look at but only flash and style without substance. Kerry would be a good example of that. He contradicted himself in the debates several times, and even studdered but the news doesnt re-re-re-re-run those sound bits like they would if it was Bush. They don't like him, everyone know this and they tilt the news, select the more unflattering photos, and play less than perfect soundbites endlessly of Bush getting tongue tied.

If you were to listen consistently to WABC radio, you would hear Kerry sounding just as fucking stupid *sometimes* as Bush is made out to sound, all the time. It just depends on what the audience wants.

Originally Posted by DanaC

Does Bush seem to you an acceptable example of the Creme de la creme of your countrymen?

You are making the assumption that I want an elitist. I don't. I want someone in office that reflects my values and beliefs. Bush is relatable to a large number of common folk. Yes, he is rich but doesnt have that same fakeness that many of the pols have today. I don't want someone so obviously fake looking as a pres. I don't screw with my hair and have all the right Clintonesque hand gestures, the lip biting, the contorting of the simplest words into something different that the obvious, all that show biz shit. We see all that as phony and dont care for it in the leader.


Some poeple arent into all the flash and want substance. Many feel that Bush does just fine in this respect. I am one of them. One of millions.

How many millions? We will know that in a few days.