"Scott Hedrick" wrote:

"Pat Flannery" wrote in message
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I disagree with most of what he did internationally; but...by God...
that man _was_ a president!

Being President doesn't require a great deal of intelligence- look at Reagan
vs Carter. Carter was clearly, by far, the more intelligent President. What
he lacked, however, was *the* crucial requirement for a President, which
Reagan had in spades- the ability to *Make A Decision*. Right or wrong,
Reagan could make decisions quickly, and stuck to them.

I think the key difference lay not in intelligence, nor in the ability
to make a decision... But in the fact that Reagan could convey
concrete ideals that the man in the street could identify with.
Carter was a more abstract thinker, and lacked the ability to put
those ideals into more solid terms.

D.
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Touch-twice life. Eat. Drink. Laugh.

-Resolved: To be more temperate in my postings.
Oct 5th, 2004 JDL