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However, just because they can't doesn't mean that they should assume nobody else can.
It's a mark of exactly how unintelligent they both are that they are not embarrassed to flaunt their lack of reasoning ability on the Senate floor.
Although, now that I think about Bush, whom even his admirers call "incurious," perhaps lack of intelligence is a requirement for Republicans...sort of like supporting the Iraq war.