Everyone seems to agree these days (especially around Exeter) that liberal politicians are more intellectual and worldly. Bush is recognized as somewhat of a dumbo while Gore, Kerry, and Obama are viewed as intelligent and educated. To believe that government officials are that much smarter can lead one to trust government expansion, a dangerous thing. What perhaps this article does best then, is show how academically mediocre nearly all politicians are, and not merely the republicans. In revealing this notion, one can't help but doubt their current level of trust in our elected leaders.
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=553753
It is also important to understand how unbalanced comedy writers are to the two parties. Now that the younger generation is getting so much of its news from the Comedy Channel, it is a serious issue. There were many "Bush is a dunce" websites quoting Bushisms, but few noted these Gore-isms (my all time favorite is last):
ReplyDeleteI am not part of the problem. I am a Democrat."
-- Vice President Al Gore
"A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls."
-- Vice President Al Gore
"Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it."
-- Vice President Al Gore, 5/20/996
"Democrats understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child."
-- Vice President Al Gore
"Welcome to President Clinton, Mrs. Clinton, and my fellow astronauts."
-- Vice President Al Gore
"Mars is essentially in the same orbit... Mars is somewhat the same distance from the Sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where there are canals, we believe, and water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can breathe."
-- Vice President Al Gore
"What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is."
-- Vice President Al Gore
"People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have tremendous impact on history."
-- Vice President Al Gore
(Ed note. Hmmmm, anyone in particular come to mind?)
"When I have been asked who caused the riots and the killing in L.A., my answer has been direct and simple: Who is to blame for the riots? The rioters are to blame. Who is to blame for the killings? The killers are to blame."
-- Al Gore
"The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Al Gore may or may not make."
-- Vice President Al Gore
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“We can build a collective civic space large enough for all our separate identities, that we can be e pluribus unum— out of one, many.”
Quoted in Investors Business Daily (10/25/1996)
—Gore, misinterpreting the Latin phrase on our currency, which really means “out of many, one.”
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Um. Al Gore didn't say those. Dan Quayle said them.
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