Joe Biden is turning out to be a train wreck

[Wagner]

Originally Posted by Eric5273

I have a problem with that idea in general. The President should not be like a "regular" person. The President should indeed be an "elite" person who is much smarter and much more capable than the average person.

As I said in another thread, would you choose your surgeon or your lawyer based on who you thought was more of a regular guy? Of course not. So then why would you expect any less of the President?

Then you don't like the Constitution. Of the people, by the people..that whole line

You're assuming the same morons you wouldn't trust in your lawyer/surgeon reference.....could pick the right person to be a leader Go Paris Hilton and American Idol

[Eric5273]

Originally Posted by Wagner

You're assuming the same morons you wouldn't trust in your lawyer/surgeon reference.....could pick the right person to be a leader Go Paris Hilton and American Idol

I'm pretty sure if you gave the average person a choice to pick their lawyer between a harvard graduate elitest, and a "regular" guy who graduated from a much less known law school, 99% would choose the harvard grad. The question is, why would they not choose their president the same way?

[Wagner]

Originally Posted by Eric5273

I'm pretty sure if you gave the average person a choice to pick their lawyer between a harvard graduate elitest, and a "regular" guy who graduated from a much less known law school, 99% would choose the harvard grad. The question is, why would they not choose their president the same way?

One word, Bush Harvard and Yale can't get much more Ivy than that..unless you're a gardener.

[Eric5273]

Originally Posted by Wagner

One word, Bush Harvard and Yale can't get much more Ivy than that..unless you're a gardener.

True, true. I had a friend in high school whose parents went to Yale, so it didn't matter what his grades were, he was going to get into Yale. But that is a very small minority.

But it's not like Bush fooled anyone. When people were asked back in 2000 why they were voting for him, the most common answers I heard were things like "he is a regular guy" or "he looks like someone I could have a beer with". Nobody at all confused him with being an educated elite type.

[Wagner]

Originally Posted by Eric5273

True, true. I had a friend in high school whose parents went to Yale, so it didn't matter what his grades were, he was going to get into Yale. But that is a very small minority.

But it's not like Bush fooled anyone. When people were asked back in 2000 why they were voting for him, the most common answers I heard were things like "he is a regular guy" or "he looks like someone I could have a beer with". Nobody at all confused him with being an educated elite type.

So with that you just said that the average person will pick someone like them, not elite So what were ya talking about in post 10?

[Eric5273]

Originally Posted by Wagner

So with that you just said that the average person will pick someone like them, not elite So what were ya talking about in post 10?

My point was that it makes no sense. Apparently people don't think it takes much intelligence to be the president.

[Wagner]

Originally Posted by Eric5273

My point was that it makes no sense. Apparently people don't think it takes much intelligence to be the president.

Oh, OK seemed like you disagreed with your own comments.

[MrLabGuy]

Originally Posted by Eric5273

My point was that it makes no sense. Apparently people don't think it takes much intelligence to be the president.

Intelligence does not always come from education. I know plenty of dysfunctional, irrational, people who make stupid decisions with a university degree. I also know brilliant people with very little formal education.