I think this is a legitimate question, think about this for a minute...look at the candidates the Democrats put up for election for President, then look at the people the Republicans put up...
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First off, let me say, that I want the smartest person I can find to be President...now, I am a smart guy, however, I would be fooling myself if I thought I was smart enough to be President...Belgium pisses me off and I nuke them, you do not want me with my finger on the button...and I am good with that...I know I do not have the temperment or the intelligence to be President...I also do not want to have a beer with the President...nope...the President has far more important things to do...I will have a beer with my friends who are also smart, but not qualified to be President...so now that I have ruled myself out...lets take a look at who the Republicans have put up for the Presidency...
First, lets look at the choice between Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter...both were governors...one was an actor...the other graduated 59th in his class at the Naval Acadamy...and was on his way to command Nuclear submarines when he left the Navy...so we have actor vs. Naval Officer...and the actor won, there is no underestimating the stupidity of the American Public...oh, and that Navy guy...he also received the Nobel Peace Prize...
Now, lets fast forward to 2000...Al Gore, vs. G.W. Bush...A really, really smart guy...vs. the village idiot...the village idiot steals the election...oh yeah, almost forgot...the smart guy, won the Nobel Prize...
Jump forward to 2004, John Kerry vs. G.W. Bush...so now we have distingushed Senator, War Hero and Peace Activist vs. the Village Idiot...and the idiot wins...and the idiot won by trashing the war record of the distingushed Senator...which seems really odd...while the Senator was in battle...the Village Idiot was skipping out his National Guard duties...again, we had a chance to elect a smart guy...not once but twice...and both times...the village idiot won...
Now onto 2008...we have Obama vs. McCain...Obama is a really smart guy...McCain...no so smart...he married well, I will give him that...but he is not a smart man. I mean we are given the choice between a guy with a law degree from Harvard, who taught Constitutional Law...vs. a guy who finished 7th from the bottom of his Naval Acadamy class...who married well...and the best part...McCain, the old guy...when he kicks the bucket due to the sress of the job...who takes over? Is it someone smart...nope...it is Caribou Barbie...her qualifications...she can see Russia from an island in Alaska...
Can someone please explain why Republicans want to elect Dumbasses to be President? I don't get this...I want someone smart...not someone to have a beer with, I have enough drinkin' buddies...I want a President.