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flowomo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 12:45 PM
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Early Jump: 'Seattle Times' Endorses Obama
Source: Editor & Publisher

(snip) Joining the New York Post (which went for McCain) as an early endorser, the Seattle daily declares, "Obama should be the next president of the United States because he is the most qualified change agent. Obama is a little young, but also brilliant. If he sometimes seems brainy and professorial, that's OK." (snip)

Read more: http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003853260
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 12:52 PM
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1. I guess I'm weird. I consider "brainy" and "professorial" to be ASSETS.
Especially compared to the drunk, drug-addled, narcissistic, megalomaniacal freak we've had to listen to for the past nearly 8 years.
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jmrobins00 Donating Member (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 01:05 PM
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2. Agreed
When did being smart become something to hide? I'd rather be "brainy" than an idiot.
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SnowCritter Donating Member (192 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 02:21 PM
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3. "Smart" and "Professional" are
traits admired by "elitists". Therefore, according to the wingnuts, they're not traits that we should look for in a President. Rather, we should look for someone who is "stupid" and "unprofessional" for the position.

To the wingnuts I ask - how's that workin' so far?

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