Letters to the Editor
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But hey...
He's a nice guy that you can sit down and have a beer with, and that's what we're looking for in our presidential candidates these days right? Affability. Congeniality. We certainly don't want people who will look at issues critically, or have "downer" conversations about global warming. We want someone who looks pretty in front of the cameras and says "Go shopping!" (and if we can get him to giggle a bit and say "like, oh my God", we'll be in the clear).
Personally, I want a president that doesn't drink beer, they drink brandy. I don't want someone who clears brush, but who reads George Washington and Thomas Paine. I want someone who can't just balance their checkbook, but understand Keynsian economics and physics and calculus. The President is supposed to be the model of our citizenry, the best and the brightest that we can put on the world stage. He's supposed to appeal to our better angels and shout down our demons.
Then we got George Bush.