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Sunday, September 14, 2008 02:56 AM

Authentic vs. Intellectual: What's wrong with a smart person running the country?

Voter fears that Obama is "too intellectual" for the presidency make little sense. For the most powerful job in the country, and possibly the world, why wouldn't we want someone as smart and intellectual as possible? Authenticity might make someone nice to have around at the baseball game, but education and intelligence are far more important for making policy. To choose McCain's or Palin's "folksiness" over Obama's education and cultural multiplicity will get us nothing but more of the same disastrous results we've gotten for the last eight years.

Sunday, September 14, 2008 03:51 PM

Heartbroken

Thank you for brilliantly giving voice to the way Foster Wallace's talent touched the many who admired his work, of which I am one.

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