Carrol Cox > I think it was Hobbes who said something to the effect tht there was more > difference between two dogs than between any two persons. But if you go > back and read comments on Bush both on this list and lbo-talk you will find > innumerable posts which focus on Bush's "stu0idity." In other words, > leftists often find it impossible to talk about a politician or a theorist > without implying that there is a difference of intelligence involved. But > intelligence (intellect) is NOT a feature of persons; it is a matter of > context. A person is either intelligent or unintelligent in relation to > contexts. All statements aboaut the intelligence or lack of it in > individuals are false.
^^^^^^ CB: Agree. Bush played dumb. Republicans have been playing "aw shucks" since it worked so well for Reagan. It's pandering to the anti-intellectual syndrome among Americans. ^^^^^ Bush was obviously more intelligent than Obama, > since Obama has been able to do nothing except cross the t's and dot > thei's and add italics to Bush's policy initiativesd. > ^^^^^^ CB: This is patently false. Bush started the war on Iraq; Obama ended it. Bush started the war on Afghanistan; Obama is ending it Obama got Obamacare passed; Bush did nothing of the sort of course. Obama got Pay Equity passed; Bush not. Obama appointed two , liberal women to the Supreme Court; Bush the opposite. On and on. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
