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[sgtclub]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

Club: what do you think, is Sarah Pallin smart?

that was rhetorical, right?

[Fugee]

Originally Posted by sgtclub

that was rhetorical, right?

I don't know about 3G, but I'm curious as to your answer.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Adder

I think this is Romney being called awkward and weird, not stupid (psst - he's a Mormon, and they're, you know, weird).

Bush was stupid. Cheney was not. Dole was not. HW was not, but famously gaffed to make himself look out of touch. Quayle was. Reagan had a touch of the dim (although SNL mighta been to something).

Anyway, hardly consistent.

Bush was not stupid, but he actively disdained intellectual effort or achievement.

[sgtclub]

Originally Posted by Fugee

I don't know about 3G, but I'm curious as to your answer.

I've posted about this a bunch. She is a moron. The minute McCain picked her, he lost my vote - and that was her high water mark.

But she is pretty hot.

[sgtclub]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

Bush was not stupid, but he actively disdained intellectual effort or achievement.

What does this even mean? What is "intellectual effort"

[Adder]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

Bush was not stupid, but he actively disdained intellectual effort or achievement.

We can argue about the abilities of any of those people, but the point was really whether they were all attacked for being stupid. They were not.

And I don't know why I left out McCain and Palin. One was and the other was not. Apparently I blocked them out.

[sgtclub]

Originally Posted by Adder

And I don't know why I left out McCain and Palin. One was and the other was not. Apparently I blocked them out.

But both were actually stupid.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by sgtclub

What does this even mean? What is "intellectual effort"

He was not interested in making the effort to learn things or figure them out, and he was dismissive of others who did.

I can't tell whether you agree with Adder that he was stupid, or whether it escaped your notice for eight years that the guy had anti-intellectual pretensions and governed like it.

[Fugee]

Originally Posted by sgtclub

What does this even mean? What is "intellectual effort"

I think Ty meant that Bush2 was lazy and didn't want to study -- either at Yale or in the presidency.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by sgtclub

I've posted about this a bunch. She is a moron. The minute McCain picked her, he lost my vote - and that was her high water mark.

But she is pretty hot.

Hot yes, but don't you find her tone of voice grating when she opens her mouth? Nicki Halley is the new Hot Republican Governor, and has a much better tone of voice.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

This is quite amusing:

http://www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show/...-11012/1378113


Ty - no more messages for you. Mailbox is untidy. [Not anymore.]

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by sgtclub

But both were actually stupid.

Look who is calling Rs stupid.

[Adder]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

Hot yes, but don't you find her tone of voice grating when she opens her mouth?

It's not the tone of voice. It's the accent. She sounds like she's from rural Minnesota.

[Fugee]

Originally Posted by Adder

It's not the tone of voice. It's the accent. She sounds like she's from rural Minnesota.

Hey! I resemble that remark.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Adder

It's not the tone of voice. It's the accent. She sounds like she's from rural Minnesota.

No, I think it's the tone more than the accent. She has that, I'm right, you're wrong, and if you disagree I am going to castrate you and stuff a broken bottle up your ass kind of tone.

There are few rural accents I don't enjoy listening to.