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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jay: [QB] Ah, just about the warped train of thought that I imagined the subjecte would engender. And again, I say just as I thought. Omega, me dear, did you actually read the articles? Cause your quote: [QUOTE]I say again: WHAT EFFING DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE if he can't do public speaking well?[/QUOTE] certainly tells me that you didn't. The articles are about so much more. Here, I'll help you with some of the things you missed while patting yourself on the back for being the smartest person you know. [QUOTE]In 1956, upon being told that he had all the "thinking people" on his side, Democratic presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson replied, "That's wonderful. But I need a majority." Bush's handlers are gambling that the majority will turn its back on the smart kid in favor of the frat party glad-hander....No presidential candidate ever went broke betting on the anti-intellectualism of the American people.[/QUOTE] -First article [QUOTE]There's a slapdash disorder to many of his infelicities -- they are piles of disconnected words, a sequence of flash cards. Each stands for a slogan that stands for an impulse. He knows he is to repeat them, but he is not clear on what relation they have to each other.[/QUOTE] -First article [QUOTE]He dashes around pressing rhetorical buttons: the "costs money" button, the "options" button, the "trust" button, the "strong" button, the school button, the hard work button. He cannot give cogent reasons for what he sys. He does not think he has to. In fact, throughout his career, he has not had to give reasons. He is entitled. He need not stoop to reason. This is not exactly stupidity, in the sense of native incapacity -- it may be that, but he has not been tested. What it is is slovenliness of a mind-boggling order. He may or may not be dyslexic, but who cares, since he has never had to read much, write much or reason much to get where he's gotten.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]But what does he mean when he says that "insurance" is "a Washington term"?[/QUOTE] -Second article [QUOTE]When he says that local control of schools is vital, criticizes his opponent for wanting to "federalize" education, promises as president to impose various requirements on schools, complains that federal money comes with too many "strings," calls for after-school funds to be used for "character education," endorses a federal law forbidding state lawsuits against teachers, and so on, does he have a path through this maze of contradictions? When he promises a federal school voucher program and then deflects criticism by saying "vouchers are up to states," is he being dense or diabolically clever?[/QUOTE] -Second article Bear in mind my political junkie friends that this is intended to be about Bush and his policies as he speaks them from his ever so nimble minds. This isn't necessarily anti-Gore, which is a fine tactic my conservative pals have tried to use in some of the above posts to divert attention from Bush. So, if you want to argue for Bush go ahead, stay on topic if you can. I'll be waiting for someone to actually give substance to Bush's thought patterns. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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