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Barbara has already identified the problems with Sam's awful hyperbolic writing. Am I stating others will follow my advice? No. But it's an awful assumption that there is only one option and that the power vested in that office is a good thing. We need to neuter that office IMHO.
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In response to your first: No, we don't need a rocket scientist as president. We do, however, want someone with a certain degree of experience and tendency toward reason and reflection -- not someone whose knowledge of and approach to foreign policy relys on a combination of geographic proximity, divine inspiration, and the axiom "he who hesitates is lost." In response to your second: If our representatives should ideally serve as mere puppets then wouldn't we be better served just to switch to direct democracy? |
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There are all kinds of smarts. Ventura, however much of a buffoon he may be, is not successful for no reason. He didn't Forrest Gump his way through life, none of these people do. Of course that doesn't mean I want to elect any of them. I understand the point you made above that you think the author is suggesting that intellect is not the most important attribute to Republicans as opposed to saying that it is unimportant to them and/or they shun it. I think that is a mighty fine hair to split. Parties almost never put forward the smartest guy/gal they have. There are always other factors, such as charisma, good looks, name recognitions (Bush, Clinton, Kennedy), connections, experience that get factored in along with intellect. When you suggest that one party has intellect at the bottom of the list on a consistent basis and that right at the top of the list are "common" attributes...again I just don't think that is a perspective that is persuasive or deserving of much weight.
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