Clinton has said on several occasions that Bush is smarter than we think. I thought I remembered you saying the same. Was I wrong? I am 61 and memory is not what it used to be (hah). Or have you changed your mind about GWB's IQ?
REH > Ray, > > Where are the quotes from 2001 and 2002? > > Harry > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > Ray wrote: > > >Much has been said about the intelligence of the upper class. I must say > >that what follows is a good example what is wrong with our educational > >system. Many, including Harry Pollard and Bill Clinton, say that the > >current White House resident is smarter than people think. > > > >I read these quotes and frankly I just don't see it. People who have all > >they need should be more humble about the accident of their birth. If they > >are going to be President, they should at least try to put up a good image > >in public. I would have no problem with a President speaking like a dummy > >in private because that is their private life. But being a clever dummy > >verbally in public, if not dumb, is at least lazy and I find that annoying > >and I don't trust anyone to do the job who has that character flaw. > > > >Some people demand sexual fidelity as a pre-requisite for office. I don't > >defend the breaking of marital contracts but I put those issues, if kept > >discreet, in the area of private lives and not necessary to public > >discourse. I've read enough history to know that what we call sexual > >fidelity today, has not been one of the character traits of most of the > >great leaders of the world male or female. What do you think of all of > >those "handmaidens", "male consorts" and concubines were throughout history > >from Abraham to the present? It gets very dumb sometimes in these > >discussions. I remember a voice teacher at a major conservatory who when > >discussing the life of Violetta Valery the female Consort in La Traviata > >accused another teacher of introducing sex into the opera. As if her life > >was not about that already. Sexuality is a difficult issue for all people. > >We have problems with staying in marriages, problems with staying in some > >marriages too long and problems in raising our children with a stable home > >and yet allowing divorce. These are all difficult issues and issues for > >the private lives of individuals. > > > > In fact some of the greatest leaders have had remarkable sexual private > >lives. Many of our own Founding fathers who wrote or designed the basic > >laws and Constitution of the country had "exotic" sexual habits. These > >have been areas of privacy and I believe that is the way it should be as > >long as they do not physically hurt anyone and are superior at doing their > >jobs. Power tends to draw individuals who are not lacking in > >testosterone or estrogen. I didn't make them that way and I refuse to > >criticize the One that did. There is a purpose to public life or "polite > >society" and private life or "common humanity." I require them to be > >uncommon in their public life if I need them to do their public job. If > >the private life is an issue then let them be ministers and priests and have > >no private life and give their public life over to humility and service. > >Politicians are servants but they are neither Priests, Ministers, Rabbis or > >Mullahs and when any of that class or profession becomes political they have > >a remarkable historical record of abuse and violence. So lets have a > >little more sophistication and a solid elocution from our leaders, since > >what a leader says effects us all and can start wars. Respect is not only > >a matter of a big defense budget but must come from the Leader's > >intelligence and ability to control many things at once. If these quotes > >sounds like that man, then you vote for him but don't just throw them away. > >I didn't say these things, GWBush did and he should be graded on such things > >since he is the one in the Oval Office not me. But first let us begin > >with the honorable Julius Caesar Watts, former Congressman from Oklahoma and > >football hero. > > > >REH > > > > > > > > > >Quotes: > >"You don't need to be smart to be president" > >--Republican Congressman J.C. Watts - said at a February campaign > >appearance on Bush's behalf. Washington Post, 6/11/00 > > > >"I think anybody who doesn't think I'm smart enough to handle the job is > >underestimating." > >--U.S. News & World Report, April 3, 2000 > > > >"Rarely is the question asked: is our children learning" > >--Florence, SC, Jan. 11, 2000 > > > >"Actually, I -- this may sound a little West Texan to you, but I like it. > >When I'm talking about -- when I'm talking about myself, and when he's > >talking about myself, all of us are talking about me." > >--Hardball, MSNBC, May 31, 2000 > > > >"It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it." > >--Reuters, May 5, 2000 > > > >"I think we agree, the past is over." > >--On his meeting with John McCain, Dallas Morning News, May 10, 2000 > > > >"Laura and I really don't realize how bright our children is sometime until > >we get an objective analysis." > >--Meet the Press, April 15, 2000 > > > >"I was raised in the West. The west of Texas. It's pretty close to > >California. In more ways than Washington, D.C., is close to California." > >--Los Angeles Times, April 8, 2000 > > > >"We want our teachers to be trained so they can meet the obligations; their > >obligations as teachers. We want them to know how to teach the science of > >reading. In order to make sure there's not this kind of federal cufflink." > >--Fritsche Middle School, Milwaukee, March 30, 2000 > > > >"The fact that he relies on facts -- says things that are not factual -- are > >going to undermine his campaign." > >--New York Times, March 4, 2000 > > > >"It is not Reaganesque to support a tax plan that is Clinton in nature." > >--Los Angeles, Feb. 23, 2000 > > > >"I understand small business growth. I was one." > >--New York Daily News, Feb. 19, 2000 > > > >"How do you know if you don't measure if you have a system that simply > >suckles kids through?" > >--Explaining the need for educational accountability, Beaufort, S.C.,Feb.16, > >2000 > > > >"The senator has got to understand if he's going to have he can't have it > >both ways. He can't take the high horse and then claim the low road." > >--To reporters in Florence, S.C., Feb. 17, 2000 > > > >"If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and > >principles, come and join this campaign." > >--Hilton Head, S.C., Feb. 16, 2000 > > > >"We ought to make the pie higher." > >-South Carolina Republican Debate, Feb. 15, 2000 > > > >"I've changed my style somewhat, as you know. I'm less, I pontificate less, > >although it may be hard to tell it from this show. And I'm more interacting > >with people." > >--Meet The Press, Feb. 13, 2000 > > > >"I think we need not only to eliminate the tollbooth to the middle class, I > >think we should knock down the tollbooth." > >--Nashua, N.H., as quoted by Gail Collins, New York Times, Feb. 1, 2000 > > > >"The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case." > >--Pella, Iowa, as quoted in the San Antonio Express News, Jan. 30, 2000" > > > >"This is Preservation Month. I appreciate preservation. It's what you do > >when you run for president. You gotta preserve." > >--Speaking during Perseverance Month at Fairgrounds Elementary School in > >Nashua, N.H. > > > >"I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family." > >--Greater Nashua, N.H., Chamber of Commerce, Jan. 27, 2000 > > > >"This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and > >potential mental losses." > >--At a South Carolina oyster roast; quoted in the Financial Times, Jan.14, > >2000 > > > >"There needs to be debates, like we're going through. There needs to be > >townhall meetings. There needs to be travel. This is a huge country." > >--Larry King Live, Dec. 16, 1999 > > > >"The important question is, How many hands have I shaked?" > > --Answering a question about why he hasn't spent more time in New > >Hampshire; quoted in the New York Times, Oct. 23, 1999 > > > >"Keep good relations with the Grecians." > >--Quoted in the Economist, June 12, 1999 > > > >"When it is all said and done, I will have made more money than I ever > >dreamed I would make." > >--Source & Date unknown (please email us the source if you know) > > > >"I don't remember debates. I don't think we spent a lot of time debating it. > >Maybe we did, but I don't remember." > >--On discussing the Vietnam War as an undergraduate at Yale, in the > >Washington Post, July 27, 1999 > > > >"Put the 'off' button on." > >--South Carolina, February 14, 2000 > > > >"I did denounce it. I de-I denounced it. I denounced interracial dating. I > >denounced anti-Catholic bigacy... bigotry." > >--Referring to his Bob Jones University visit and the subsequent criticism, > >Virginia, February 25, 2000 > > > >"We believe in opportunity for all Americans: Rich and poor, black and > >white...." > >--From a speech at Bob Jones Univ., in South Carolina, 2/2/00 > > > >"We must all hear the universal call to like your neighbor just like you > >like to be liked yourself." > >--George W. Bush puts an interesting twist on Jesus Christ's proverb: "Love > >thy neighbor." (Quote is from the Financial Times) > > > >"I would have said yes to abortion if only it was right. I mean, yeah it's > >right. Well no it's not right that's why I said no to it." > >--South Carolina, February 14,2000 > > > >"My [tax cut] plan is realistic because it avoids meaningless 15-year > >projections." > >--George W. Bush goes to extraordinary lengths to defend his tax cut plan. > >(Quote is from a Bush speech in Iowa, 12/1/99) > > > >"The fundamental question is: 'Will I be a successful president when it > >comes to foreign policy?' I will be, but until I'm the president, it's going > >to be hard for me to verify that I think I'll be more effective." > >--New York Times, 7/28/99 > > > >"There ought to limits to freedom" > >--at a Press conference at the Texas State House, May 21, 1999, referring to > >GWBush.com > > > >"We have struggle to not proceed but to preceed to the future of a nation's > >child." > >--Journal Gazette 11/12/00 > > > >"My opponent seems to think that Social Security is a federal program. I > >believe that money is yours and you should be able to invest it yourself." > >-The final Presidential debate > > > >"Down in Washington they're playing with Social Security like it's some kind > >of government program!" > >-NBC Nightly News (Date unknown, anyone out there know?) > > > >"The reason we start a war is to fight a war, win a war, thereby causing no > >more war!" > >--The first Presidential debate > > > >"They said, 'You know, this issue doesn't seem to resignate [sic] with the > >people.' And I said, you know something? Whether it resignates [sic] or not > >doesn't matter to me, because I stand for doing what's the right thing, and > >what the right thing is hearing the voices of people who work. > >--Portland, Ore., Oct. 31, 2000 > > > >"It's your money. You paid for it." > >--LaCrosse, Wis., Oct. 18, 2000 > > > >"It's important for us to explain to our nation that life is important. It's > >not only life of babies, but it's life of children living in, you know, the > >dark dungeons of the Internet. > >-Arlington Heights, Ill., Oct. 24, 2000 > > > >"If affirmative action means what I just described, what I'm for, then I'm > >for it." > >--The Presidential Debates. St. Louis, Mo., October 18, 2000 > > > >"It's going to require numerous IRA agents." > >--On Gore's tax plan, Greensboro, N.C., Oct. 10, 2000 > > > >"I don't think we need to be subliminable [sic] about the differences > >between our views on prescription drugs." > >--Orlando, Fla., Sept. 12, 2000. He then repeatedly mispronounced the word > >after his press conference. > > > >"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully" > >--Saginaw, Mich., Sept. 29, 2000 > > > >"Will the highways on the Internet become more few?" > >--Concord, N.H., Jan. 29, 2000 > > > >"It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of > >our imports come from overseas." > >--Beaverton, Ore., Sep. 25, 2000 > > > >"If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier...just as long > >as I'm the dictator..." > >--Washington, DC, Dec 18, 2000, during his first trip to Washington as > >President-Elect > > > >"They misunderestimated me." > >--Bentonville, Ark., Nov. 6, 2000 > > > >"That's a chapter, the last chapter of the 20th, 20th, the 21st century that > >most of us would rather forget. The last chapter of the 20th century. This > >is the first chapter of the 21st century." > >--On the Lewinsky scandal, Arlington Heights, Ill., Oct. 24, 2000" > > > >"Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream." > >-LaCrosse, Wis., Oct. 18, 2000" > > > >"There's a huge trust. I see it all the time when people come up to me and > >say, 'I don't want you to let me down again.'" > >- Boston, Massachusetts, October 3, 2000 > > > >"I think if you know what you believe, it makes it a lot easier to answer > >questions. I can't answer your question" > >--Reynoldsburg, Ohio, October 4, 2000 > > > >"You teach a child to read and he or her will be able to pass a literacy > >test." > >--February 21, 2001 - President Bush at Townsend Elementary School, touting > >his education reform plans. > > > >http://www.columbiacentral.com/dubya/ > > > ****************************** > Harry Pollard > Henry George School of LA > Box 655 > Tujunga CA 91042 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tel: (818) 352-4141 > Fax: (818) 353-2242 > ******************************* > >
