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Purplehood wrote:That is the problem. Common Sense doesn't necessarily equal intelligence, and vice versa.

Geeze, how many times have I heard that over my lifetime (from ex-wives)?

IIRC the base IQ for any military flight training is 125. Genius is 140, average is 90. So we know he had an IQ of at least 125 and had to have some on the ball to fly the Delta Dagger...tough plane. FWIW McCain is reported as an IQ of 128.

And flew the F-102 in the Air Guard. The interceptor with one of the most demanding flight envelopes ever. He definitely had some cool points and was personable. But let's not forget that there were several things he did from the way Afghanistan and Iraq were engaged (I'm speaking "strategery" not whether we needed to be there) to the sweeping abuses aloud by the framing of the Patriot Act (thankfully this has not occurred on a large scale but the language is dangerous). From the expansion of Czars, advisers not accountable to anyone but the president, to massive spending and the first TARP. I believe he has a high conscience, for a politician, but he opened the door that Obama walked right through. Bush at least cared for our national security and was not a complete globalist.

There is a saying that says, "What one generation allows in moderation, the next will take to excess." The main difference between the two is Bush cared for his country with an eye to the constitution, Obama seems bent on the destruction of both.