| Most of what you said I can probably understand and a lot of it I agree on, Burf. I hate pandering politicians.
I agree that grades in school isn't the most important factor but it is a factor and shows to a slight degree how well someone grasps concepts and also how much work they put in. To be at the very bottom you pretty much have to be way below average in both hard work and ability to grasp concepts naturally.
Also it's important to realize, imo, that all experts/advisers aren't as skilled as they claim to be and you have to be smart enough to know whom to listen to and whom to assign.
Bush appointed lots of morons and didn't seem to be particularily good at taking advice and we've seen the result of that in the mishandling of numerous things. McCain's current advisers seem to be weaker then Obama's.
Obama's talking points are usually stronger and his opinions usually jive better with experts then McCain's or Bushes. McCain ridiculed him for suggesting that we use our military in the Pakistani area where Osama might be held up and had lots of Al Qaeda in the area. Pretty soon after that the military did just that.
I doesn't seem like McCain is stronger then him in either war or the economy. Obama's advisers curently are superior to McCain's. I'm mostly leaning towards Obama right now because the competition is very very weak atm, imo. |