I miss having smart people in charge

[Botany]

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1622338_1362963,00.html

Complex issues w/ many sides these "wonks" ate for lunch.

Please Run again Al, please.

[emanymton]

1. "If One Thinks Education Is Expensive ...

just wait to see what ignorance costs." once was a bumper sticker too. Kinda a shame we have had to proof this axiom with shrub and Co. in Washington.

Almost all of the Democratic Party candidates for president are acceptable on the 'not dumb' level.

[MuseRider]

2. Slogans

instead of meaningful discussion. Not to mention the boneheaded decisions and the way they are made. etc etc etc

[1932]

3. What makes you think Al Gore is smart?

The way he campained in 2000?

[Lobster Martini]

4. Working backward though the Presidents

8 years of stupidity (G.W. Sparrowtarget);
8 years of intelligence (Clinton);
4 years of mediocrity (Bush 41);
8 years of stupidity (Reagan);
4 years of intelligence (Carter)--
(I'm giving Carter a break. He may not have been a great president, but he was and is a smart guy.)
3 years of mediocrity (Ford);
5 years of intelligence (Nixon)--
(I'm judging Nixon on intelligence only. Treachery is noted.)

So, over 40 years, we've had 16 years of stupidity, 7 years of mediocrity, 5 years of intelligence with treachery, 4 years of intelligence with notable lack of success, and eight years of intelligence with good governance. Ergo, we've had a good President for 20% of the last four decades. That's depressing.

[Botany]

5. After bush stole it in 2000 .... Dick Cheney had a heart attack

..... in Dec. of 2000 he walked to the mic, licked his lips,
looked like a scared rabbit, his eyes darted around the room,
and then he said, "The Vice President Cheney is fine. He's doing
good."

I was in room w/ 3 old friends and we all screamed .... "He just
had a heart attack you idiot." I knew then we were fucked.

[Telly Savalas]

6. But we don't have the votes for smart people!