dshak wrote:
try again.
learning to fly an aircraft is a skill set, just like teaching a circus monkey to juggle, though I'll be it a more complicated skills set.
wait, does this mean I have to give way to the idea he's smarter than a circus monkey? rats you got me. Oh, and "he couldn't have gone if he begged to?" give me a fricken break. If he wanted to then he wouldn't have joined the air national guard to avoid real service.
Keep defending the moron, I don't care. So he can fly a plane, still doesn't justify the fact that the idiot can't put a coherent sentence together without a team of speech writers. His father was at least intellectually worthy of the job, but GW's whole history is that of a rich and privledged bafoon, from the DUI to his failed attempts at running an oil company, to his failed attempts at running a baseball team... why not try president of the united states right? its got to be easier than all the other crap he bombed at his whole life.
He can't speak, but he can fly a plane?? sorry, in the job of president of the united states i don't think we'll be asking him to fly any planes, this isn't 'independence day.' we will however, ask him to explain himself from time to time... the circus monkey does a better job by throwing crap in my opinion.
You asked for examples, I gave you a plethora... your responses are "but he can fly a plane. people who studder can be smart too. his GPA was teh same as Kerry's. Bill Clinton left a lense cap on some binoculars once." you're really doing a whole heck of a lot to persuad me here.
Lack of charisma does not translate to a lack of intelligence. If that was true, half the people participating on this site would be deemed unintelligent by that standard.
I think a lot of the problem gets back to his advisors. Where as Lincoln and JFK, to name two, surrounded themselves with highly intelligent people whose opinions often differed, many modern presidents, and not just American presidents, tend not to do what the aforementioned leaders did.
To say Bush is unintelligent is ignorant, but rather he isn't the best character (doesn't have the right schtuff) to be a great president. Sure, Bush ain't no Einstein, but I have to wonder what kind of president Einstein would've been. Presidents are most notable for their ability to make decisions, administer, and display charisma; for example, Truman, The Roosevelts, Lincoln, Kennedy, etc.. Bush clearly lacks some key qualities and isn't that great of a president, but I don't know if I'd jump the gun and claim he's a retard.
Oh, and I just realized something. This thread sucks. That means I suck as well. Oh noes.