This is precious: Kerry-Heinz is too smart for us!

Brainy Candidates Need Not Apply

Is John Kerry too intelligent to be president of the United States?

It was what I felt instinctively the first and only time I met him, at a lunch at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in 1998. He was subtle, full of cultural and historical references, elaborating each fine argument at length, with perception and nuance. [The Ponderosa: Is this a spoof?] I commented to one of his aides afterward that I regrettably thought his brains could turn out to be the biggest impediment to a man like him ever occupying the White House.

All these years later, with most polls still showing George W. Bush ahead of his opponent after three debates in which Kerry proved himself more articulate and thoughtful and flexible and able to understand an increasingly dangerous world, I am afraid I may have been right. Yet it still seems inconceivable to me that someone as incompetent, incoherent and obtuse as Bush could possibly command almost half the votes of his fellow countrymen.

Is it that Americans actually like Bush's know-nothing effect? Or is it that Kerry strikes Americans as too highbrow? As pretentious? Do they see his complexity as excessive effeminate suppleness?[The Ponderosa: Yes.]

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One can only hope that his fellow Americans, so many years later, will not be afraid of choosing as their leader a man who believes that the best way to defeat the multiple terrors of today and tomorrow is with an intelligence of which no human should ever be ashamed.
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We had to read this a few times to determine whether or not is was a parody.

What the pointyheads always miss is that most of us dunces respect people who have actually CREATED something -- built a bridge, started a software company, written a kick arse metal opera ... Kerry-Heinz is quite good at memorizing statistics and policy points, but his accomplishments, what he's actually DONE, are lacking, if any exist at all.

We'll take the "dumb" mechanic, who can fix a transmission but who's never heard of Paul Krugman, over the "brainy" politician who espouses many of Krugman's blatherings, thank you.

And speaking as men, we here at The Ponderosa have no respect for a man who leeches off women.