tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post7066277850256020852..comments2023-10-31T06:44:26.393-07:00Comments on Billings Blog: Who's the smartest of them all?Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00372790238744903272noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-48673536125266454242008-09-18T07:39:00.000-07:002008-09-18T07:39:00.000-07:00It's pretty well known that McCain graduated fifth...It's pretty well known that McCain graduated fifth from the bottom of his class at Navy in 1958. Doesn't sound either intelligent or intellectually sophisticated to me.<BR/><BR/>But that's okay; he's a war hero, so he's plenty qualified to be president.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17306126693369065449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-33585422682384870822008-09-16T18:32:00.000-07:002008-09-16T18:32:00.000-07:00Eric, Don't worry about my argument. I know about ...Eric, Don't worry about my argument. I know about Kerry's grades. But I still give him the edge because of Bush's absence of intellectual curiosity.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00372790238744903272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-29913262466950113582008-09-16T15:32:00.000-07:002008-09-16T15:32:00.000-07:00Hey anonymous #81409 - don't ruin Davids argument ...Hey anonymous #81409 - don't ruin Davids argument with facts - they get in the way - <BR/><BR/>The Democrats first tried to paint GWB as a dummy, they they decided that they were 'tricked' by him when they had to explain their war votes to the far left -<BR/><BR/>so I guess even a dummy can trick the Dem's - LOL<BR/><BR/>Who's smarter again?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-45895992418001495382008-09-16T14:34:00.000-07:002008-09-16T14:34:00.000-07:00While the general impression during the 2004 presi...While the general impression during the 2004 presidential campaign was that Democrat John Kerry was the intellectual superior to President Bush, it turns out that their grades while undergraduate students at Yale were remarkably similar. <BR/>In fact, Bush's were a tad higher. His four-year average was 77; Kerry's 76. Both were C students. Kerry graduated from Yale in 1966; Bush in 1968.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-75848773286439536802008-09-16T13:27:00.000-07:002008-09-16T13:27:00.000-07:00As someone who lived during these elections and vo...As someone who lived during these elections and voted for some, but not all of these candidates, I tend to disagree with the choices listed here. Stevenson was both smarter and more intellectually sophisticated than the sainted Eisenhower who bought into McCarthyism. Don't get me wrong; he was a great military leader, mostly because he worked well with people, apparently even Montgomery. But Chuck Rightmirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06985358507956039363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-49332604295548402242008-09-16T08:25:00.000-07:002008-09-16T08:25:00.000-07:00Smart people can hurt us as well as help us. Chene...Smart people can hurt us as well as help us. Cheney is a smart person who deliberately hurts people. Clinton very smartly went about killing half a million Iraqi kids. <BR/><BR/>But I fail to see where having dumb people in power ever serves us well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-73131996987500249012008-09-16T08:05:00.000-07:002008-09-16T08:05:00.000-07:00The shorter JLL: "Them smart people are danger-is!...The shorter JLL: "Them smart people are danger-is!"<BR/><BR/>IMHO, it'll be a nice change of pace to have someone smart in the office. Maybe we can start fixing some problems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-27813423085986716482008-09-16T06:49:00.000-07:002008-09-16T06:49:00.000-07:00"Smart" is a narrow determinate for leadership. Hi..."Smart" is a narrow determinate for leadership. Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, Idi Amin, et al were no slouches in this particular category. The millions that were slaughtered by these brutal leaders bear a grim testament to elevating gray matter to such an elevated virtue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com