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Politics : Electoral College 2000 - Ahead of the Curve -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Vendit™ who wrote (354)	11/5/2000 10:18:39 AM
From: bela_ghoulashi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6710

Interesting comments re Gore particularly from one of Yahoo's best and most respected posters: messages.yahoo.com. ...If you think either of these guys is destined to be the next great president, I don't see it. Gore is not Clinton incarnate. Gore is an intellectual elitist rather than an intellectual populist. There's a BIG DIFFERENCE. I may not like nor respect Clinton all that much but after seeing his about-face during the thwarted, socialized healthcare near-disaster early in his presidency, I knew I had little to worry about. He made it clear that he was not going to let his personal ideology and social experiments get in the way of appealing to the masses. Gore is not like that IMO. He is not 4 more years of Clinton -- whether you think that is good or bad. You can see time and time again that he believes so stubbornly that he is right that it is his personal mission to push his ideals through. He feels the need to save us from ourselves because he is simpler smarter than us and we should just accept it and move on. Look at his behavior during the debates. How many unmoving, unrelenting "know it alls" have you known in your life? What is a common characteristic? They are right no matter what and just dig in, get louder and put more effort into proving you’re wrong and they’re right.. Does Gore exhibit that quality. I definitely think so. Bush is simply not bright. I'm sorry. I don't care where he went to college, or what positions he has held, or what degrees he has. He's just not the brightest bulb on the tree. Thus, I'm not very excited about him being president either. However, if faced with a decision of someone who I believe is very smart but inherently dangerous versus not-so-smart but not dangerous (no I don't believe any of Bush's policies are dangerous ... but that's IMO), I will go with the not-so-dangerous candidate. History is littered with super intelligent people who have been wrong. Intelligence is a tool, but it doesn’t make you right. It helps tremendously in achieving your desired result. Unfortunately, if your desired result is wrong, then your intelligence is actually a liability to the rest of us because it helps you figure out how to achieve your “wrong” result. Clinton was pro big government but his more powerful need to be a populist made him give up his most dangerous grand plans. Gore is pro big government (read as increased socialization and a bigger role of central government) and he will not back down to the whims of the vast majority of the population who are simply more stupid than him (in his NSHO). There's my opinion. I don't like either candidate, and don’t see how anyone can get very excited about either of these guys. My opinion on that is no better, no worse, and no more right nor wrong than anyone else’s...