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To: MrLucky who wrote (344628)	1/20/2010 10:13:51 PM
From: Jan W	2 Recommendations Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 793843

You have nailed it! Exactly! For some reason, some of the posters on this thread have fallen into the Yale-Harvard elitist spin about how you must speak to hold a national office. Oh puh-lease. Give me a break! I'm not from academia and couldn't care less about her "Alaskan jargon". I come from Boston .. have you heard them speak lately?? Do you think I would really poke fun at her "Alaskan" dialect?! LOL I keep seeing "compared to this one", "compared to that one" and that's all well and good once the primaries are over and we have to pick that way. But I'm not going there until I see all the hats thrown in the ring. I'm more interested in ferreting out the yet undiscovered jewel than I am in the "Grooming Sarah" show. Some of the things in my list. I want to see demonstrable intelligence (having nothing to do with Alma Mater or GPA) - about domestic, constitutional and international issues, quick wits and strength for a start. In the oval office, I don't care much for folksy. I had my fill of that with Jimmy Carter.

To: MrLucky who wrote (344628)	1/21/2010 12:09:04 AM
From: Jorj X Mckie	28 Recommendations Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793843

Maybe I'm crazy here, but to me, intelligence isn't the most important thing about presidential qualifications. There are plenty of really smart people who have absolutely no common sense when it comes to politics and governing. I care about whether Sarah Palin believes in a small government. I care about whether she believes in real common sense economics. I care if she believes in national security. And I care if she is strong enough to fight for what she believes in. And she has proven herself in all of those areas as the Governor of Alaska. All that being said, I don't think that Sarah Palin is unintelligent, I think her intelligence has been honed for the environment she has lived in. And if brilliance gets us more Obamas, I'll take an average person with common sense.