Letters to the Editor
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not only doesn't mccain appear to be very smart...
...he gives the signs of being uncoachable. vietnam is a flashpoint issue for him, but in fact it runs across the board for him. his temper is legendary, he seems to hold fast to misguided notions, and when he's called on something, like when he backtracked from his admissions that he isn't too sharp on economic issues, he lies or tries to joke his way past it.
that is, he is another in a series of not-the-brightest-of-students who wins the popularity contests that presidential elections have become.
george bush has set the bar stupefyingly low, but the repubs have had a preference for putting "the guy you'd want to have a beer with" out front for a generation. (and why is it never noted that you COULDN'T have a beer with bush, btw?)
i've been relying on the tendency of the american electorate to swing back and forth from intelligence to dunces in its choices for president. lord knows we've been overdue for someone in command of policy issues. yet for the first time i'm thinking that in the inevitable debate or debates pitting mccain vs. obama, or even clinton, the dem will mop up the floor with him on facts, figures and tactics, and he'll STILL get a ride from the media and the public because he's supposedly more of an affable fellow.
there's your october surprise.