McCain is not a smart man either. Mitt Romney is a smart man. Ron Paul is a smart man. The republicans could have gone with someone who had above average intelligence, but with the choice of McCain and his choice of Palin, its going to be another Bush Whitehouse, without the shrewd, evil intelligence of a Dick Cheney.
So now we get John McCain who is an intellectual lightweight, and Sarah Palin, who has basically declared an all-out "war on science" whether it be teaching creationism in a public school or banning stem cell research. Our allies, of course, think we are a joke for this. In Israel, which is an ally and a pretty religious/conservative the only people who still believe the nonsense of creation are the Muslim countries that surround it and occasionally show up to a conference.
The bible should not be used for guiding social policy any more than Stephen King's The Stand should be used for disaster preparedness.
We need a president who is actually smart. Bill Clinton was a smart guy. Al Gore would have been a smart president too. When you have leaders who are hostile to the flow of information, you run many risks. Your world standing suffers a blow, children in school do not have a good role model to look up to, and many dangerous decisions can be made from a failure to understand the facts.
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We'll see about McCain and Palin. I feel that Palin and I know McCain is for stem cell research and it will be allowed. As for Barack, I'm sure affirmative action played a huge role in his acceptance and rank into Harvard. I will agree that Mitt Romney/Ron Paul would have made a better President/Vice President but I'll give McCain a shot. By the way, you're right about Israel and the Muslims. Israel allows the teaching of evolution and the Muslims don't. I feel that both things should be taught and one should make up their own mind. Israel is good about that but the Arabs aren't.
um, last time i checked, govenors don't really deal with foreign issues. look at george bush jr.
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