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To: one_less who wrote (2575)	11/7/2008 2:46:04 PM
From: Kevin Rose	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3816

Well, taking a second and third close look at Sarah Palin reveals a quite non-Reaganesque person. Reagan was glib, a great communicator, and was never anti-intellectual. Like I said, there is a big difference between a gaffe - e.g. saying 57 instead of 47, or saying the Pakistan-Iraq border - and a shocking gap in education and knowledge. Whether 'populists' like it or not, intellect is a basic - though certainly not singular - requirement for President of the United States. A lack of intellectual curiosity, and an intolerance for intellectuals, is to me a huge hole in anyone's resume for that position. We can see what 8 years of a intellectually incurious president has done to this nation. We cannot afford any more like that.