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To: SBHX who wrote (75845)	10/8/2004 4:46:48 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793895

>>this is one of the softest of the soft sciences You need at least multi-variable calculus and differential equations to get a Ph.D. Vernon Smith and James Buchanan at GMU, both of whom got Nobels, are leading the field into actual experimentation using real human guinea pigs. My older son is one. ;^) ices-gmu.org

To: SBHX who wrote (75845)	10/8/2004 4:52:13 PM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793895

To cast aspersion on his qualities or abilities today is to question the ability of the framers of the US constitutional democracy, because if GWB the unworthy became president by some shady shenanigans, then clearly, the US electoral system itself is unworthy. Is this what you are trying to say? I feel like Dick Cheney during his debate with John Edwards when he asked, "where do I begin to answer this?". There is a reason why the framers of US Constitution created all those checks and balances. There is a reason why we have term limits. People from the right used to accuse Clinton of having something to do with murder with regards to Vince Foster and other White Water characters. Our electoral system can survive Bill Clinton and it can survive me questioning George W. Bush's intellectual capabilities. It's not like George W. Bush got into Yale, Harvard, and the National Guards on merit. It's not like he made his millions in business based on any busisness acumen. And, he had a tremendous adavantage in running for Governor of Texas - after all his father had been President of the United States and his grandfather was a US Senator from connecticut. Even after all that, he had help from the Supreme Court. Really, its okay for average citizens to question the capabilities of a policician running for office - even if it is that of the President of the United States. Wher