Iowa Watching Party

[Jdarg]

You didn't ask me, but the thing that impressed me about Obama from early on was his seemingly big, fat brain.
I live in Illinois, so he's been newsworthy here for some time. It may be a simplistic, shallow assessment I'm making, but I've always thought he comes across as plain ol' smart, and that makes a difference to me.

He is starting to grow on me. His presentation of the issues, his plans, and his record of dealing with the issues thus far are very clear and easy to understand. It is hard to dislike him after reading the education section on his website- putting money back into Headstart is a great start.

Most of his ideas may actually be "doable" in our lifetime...what a concept.

I don't have any guilt. Not a bit.

 

[peapod1980]

I was thinking today how interesting it would be to see all the candidates' IQ scores. I even searched it online with no luck. There was a time I'd gotten so fed up with W that I said I'd vote for the next president based on intelligence alone, but there are a lot of people out there who use their superpowers for evil. :shock:

 

[NoHall]

I was thinking today how interesting it would be to see all the candidates' IQ scores. I even searched it online with no luck. There was a time I'd gotten so fed up with W that I said I'd vote for the next president based on intelligence alone, but there are a lot of people out there who use their superpowers for evil. :shock:

Am I mistaken to think that most people don't take an IQ test after about the 8th grade...?

 

[rapunzel]

I said this last night and do feel that the American "intellect" is indeed an insult, and many will vote for Sen Obama out of racial guilt. Many others will do so for other reasons. I think the people who are actually discussing topics such as this are much more intelligent than the average American. I can assure you that last night, there were as many people in the US watching models on TV open brief cases with dollar amounts in them, as there were people who were actually trying to learn about our poliTRICKal system.

SO bitter, SJ.

We must find a way to melt that stone heart of yours. Perhaps, maybe, possibly, there's a decent man in the race this time. Naive? Maybe. But without hope all we have is despair.

This was the moment when we tore down barriers that have divided us for too long - when we rallied people of all parties and ages to a common cause; when we finally gave Americans who'd never participated in politics a reason to stand up and to do so.

This was the moment when we finally beat back the politics of fear, and doubt, and cynicism; the politics where we tear each other down instead of lifting this country up. This was the moment.

Years from now, you'll look back and you'll say that this was the moment - this was the place - where America remembered what it means to hope.

--from Barack Obama's speech last night

 

[peapod1980]

Am I mistaken to think that most people don't take an IQ test after about the 8th grade...?

Don't know.

 

[NoHall]

I was watching "Pride and Prejudice" last night. Does that make me anti-American AND unintelligent?

 

[Smiling JOe]

He has a great speech writer, and a good delivery. Interestingly, some say he reminds them of JFK. I think this speech could have fit in with the Civil Rights struggles of the 1960's. I think it sounds great, but explain how he will bring forth the needed changes in our gov't.

Bitter? Yes, I am bitter that on a whole, Americans choose to ignore our own Gov't.

 

[peapod1980]

I was watching "Pride and Prejudice" last night. Does that make me anti-American AND unintelligent?

Huh?

 

[NoHall]

Huh?

Not exactly models with briefcases, but hardly CNN or MSNBC or any of that, either...:roll:

 

[Smiling JOe]

If you are reading any of these political threads, you don't count, even if you watched the briefcase show with Howdy Mandell.