--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung <no_re...@...> wrote: > > It is such a bitter note that Bill Clinton, who was a Rhodes Scholar > fer crissakes, still fiddled while hundreds of thousands of women and > babies were hacked to death by assassins hired by the Chinese. > > So much for I.Q. > > If Bush had had a heart, I wouldn't care nearly so much that he was > relatively stupid. Clinton's intelligence only serves to further > justify a dark decree about the nature of his heart, his immorality. > He knew he was sinning by omission. > > On his watch, in the entire history of the world, genocide was never > more easy to see or to stop in its tracks. He saw and did nothing. > Whatever he did good was counterbalanced by this sin.
I'm with you there. But I have been surprised to discover how many folks here at FFL seem to think smarmy Bill has the brain the size of a planet. Perhaps being from the other side of the pond I don't have enough insight into his genius. Or I'm just to thick myself to appreciate his gargantuan intellect. What I would say is that political spin has the power to create the most extraordinary myths. Is Bill's brain one of those? In the UK we have prime minister Gordon Brown who has also been fabricated by the spin doctors as having a towering intellect with a grasp of economics second to none (despite never having held down a "real" job in business in his life). For the last 12 years or so whilst he held the reins of our economy he would repeatedly pronounce that he had "ended the era of boom & bust". What hubris! Which he can't shake off. Only a couple of weeks ago he let slip that he had "saved the world" through his bank bail-out plan. Oh my... Obama does look as though he could be the real deal though. Here's hoping. > Obama walks his talk -- so far. There's hundreds of campaign promises > yet to keep. I'm watchin'! He's got to tip toe through the mine > fields, and I won't look too closely at which mine he deactivates > first, but he'd better eventually get to almost all of them. > > Here's my reason to have patience with Obama: Most of us are awed by > Obama's swift and detailed actions to undo the Bush shit. But don't > miss the fact that Bush was surrounded by evil-&-hyper-intelligent > advisers who JUST AS RAPIDLY AND WITH JUST AS THOROUGHLY WORKED NIGHT > AND DAY for eight fucking years to put every sort of miscreant into > bureaucracies, issue every sort of signing statement, issue every sort > of executive order, slow down every life-supporting process, etc. etc. > etc. etc. > > Think of Obama's task. > > He has to identify all of Bush's muddy footprints on the Declaration > of Independence -- how much energy, time etc. is Obama using to do > this instead of, you know, being able to direct his attention upon > life-supporting processes? In fact, it seems that Obama has TWICE the > presidential workload. I fear for his mind as it boggles by the > second and will do so for the foreseeable future. > > If I was a believer, I'd be praying for him. > > Edg > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <salsunshine@> > wrote: > > > > On Jan 26, 2009, at 8:33 PM, shempmcgurk wrote: > > > Why does everyone always go out of their way to mention how > > > intelligent > > > Obama is? > > > > > > I find it racist, don't you? When I hear people say that, what I > > > really hear is: "How surprising to have an articulate Negro who sounds > > > as intelligent as White people." > > > > > > And, of course, it's only liberals who say it. > > > > > > Bill Clinton is one of the most intelligent people around. I NEVER > > > remember people saying that about him all the time. > > > > Feeling a tad defensive about how pathetically stupid > > the last 3 Republican presidents have been, are we, Shemp? > > > > People marvel at Obama's intelligence because > > after 8 years of being subjected to someone with > > a brain the size of a pea and the consistency of > > Swiss cheese, it's kind of nice to have someone > > in the White House who *is* intelligent, and acts > > like it. And doesn't feel the need to hide it. > > > > And of course people mentioned how intelligent Clinton > > was, I still often do. And Jimmy Carter as well. I'm > > sure it must kind of grate that all along you've been > > supporting people whose greatest qualifications for office > > are their last name and how > > completely they can divorce themselves from reality. > > > > And so people are undoubtedly going to keep on > > mentioning how nice it is to have someone in the WH > > who is intelligent, acts like an adult, and actually engages > > with opposing viewpoints. Get used to it. > > > > Sal > > >
