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01-05-2009, 09:10 PM
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Obama is the second least-popular president in the past forty years after 100 days according to Gallup.
He is also divisive and highly partisan. And truly, honestly, just not that bright. It's time people focused on that. He can't answer questions without mumbling and stuttering. He can't speak off the cuff at all. There's no
there
there.
The problem is you can't call him dumb, or inevitably you are called a racist. His brand has been honed to be "smart" and that's the story we're told. But I think he's dumb. He refuses to release his academic records for a reason. At least we knew that Bush was a B/C student (better grades than John Kerry) with a strong SAT score of 1206.
We don't anything about Obama's intellect other than he reads a speech nicely and has charisma before the cameras.
Here's what I think - Bush would mumble through his speeches and was uncomfortable with prepared remarks, always butchering them - but he was sharper on his toes and generally better in press conferences.
Obama is the
exact
opposite. In fact, he is so bad in off-the-cuff remarks and speaking his mind freely that he has taken the extraordinary steps of pre-vetting questions at his "press conferences", calling on pre-approved reporters, and inviting coat-hanger bloggers to these stage shows.
So how about a debate on whether or not the new president is a smart guy or a dumb guy? I don't care about his ability to speak in front of cameras, I know a ton of on-air personality locally that can barely tie their own shoes when the cameras go off.
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