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What does living in Georgia have to do with anything?

You apparently live there by choice, it not being your childhood family
home, which unquestionably puts you on the left side of the bell curve.

.... ...What do you know of his
intellect? What do you know of his expertise in political reporting?

I read his columns, too, and thus my conclusions. He's a pro, in that he
gets paid to put words on paper, but he'll never hang with the big boys and
you won't run into him at any Mensa meetings. If he were a ball player,
he'd have hit the top of his career in the Carolina League.