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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHas anyone else noticed
that Democratic presidents are extremely smart to downright brilliant, and Republican presidents are extraordinarily dumb?
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Has anyone else noticed (Original Post)
MoonRiver
Jun 2019
OP
Hopefully, the smart people will not have kids with stupid people and speciation will occur.
TheBlackAdder
Jun 2019
#6
Nixon was pretty smart; his problem was that he really was a crook.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Jun 2019
#4
True Blue American
(17,986 posts)1. Nooo!
Duh!
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)2. The problem is the republican electorate hate smart people.
They think they are talking down to them...duhhh
TheBlackAdder
(28,209 posts)6. Hopefully, the smart people will not have kids with stupid people and speciation will occur.
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Then, the dumb ones can become dumber and eventually go the way of the Cro-Magnon.
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trev
(1,480 posts)3. Of course.
The Republicans have to appeal to people who have no real understanding, who see the world in--literally--black-and-white.
I'm afraid the days of William F Buckley are long gone....
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,746 posts)4. Nixon was pretty smart; his problem was that he really was a crook.
rsdsharp
(9,186 posts)5. Quite true.
George H.W. Bush was also pretty smart, if out of touch, and up to his eyeballs in Iran Contra.