Eisboch wrote:

"Boater" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:


That's why, as goofy as she sounded, Palin attracted so much
interest. She's real. She's not a polished bureaucrat. She's just a
simple person with a common sense perspective on the world.


She wasn't intellectually curious, which disqualified her for high
office in my opinion. The woman didn't seem to know anything, and
didn't seem to want to learn. A simple person has no business in the
White House or a heartbeat away from it.

As much as I dislike Cheney, and I dislike him far more than I dislike
Bush, I never thought him intellectually lazy or not smart enough to
be POTUS if he had to take over. Well, actually, he did take over. :)

Palin is not smart enough to be POTUS and she never will be.

But she has great appeal to a certain segment of the rightwing, for sure.


Cheney was Secretary of Defense for Reagan, I think I recall. Or maybe
it was under Bush I.
Regardless, I seem to recall that he was held in high regard when he
held that position, even by those who didn't necessarily subscribe to
the Republican party's policies.

Eisboch

Eis,
It was George the first, and you are correct about politics being
corrupt and corrupting those involved. The problem is Harry's "take no
prisoners" approach to political spin used to be the exception. Today,
we have too many people who use the exact same approach to politics and
"serving" our country. They would rather see our country go down the
crapper, than to have the opposition do something that was successful.

I am hoping the Republicans and Independents get behind our new
president, and try to work together to solve our problems.