'What Is Intellect?'
By Malcolm Hedges (05/01/07)
Mr. Garfunkel has just posted a piece that addresses Presidential Intellect which is fine, but I must ask, is Intellect more important than Common Sense?
Since the 60's it seems that Intellect has been become defined by edukshun.
Education no longer exists and has been replaced by edukshun.
Edukshun is the modern Progressive scheme to program every student to blindly embrace Socialism.
IQ is a tested measurement that has no relation to common sense. (I once tested at an IQ of 142, but it had nothing to so with ability to think.).
Moving back to the 30's, Intellect (implied by education) has never been a valid measure of Common Sense.
Education way back then had more teeth and actually required acquiring knowledge of the subjects.
However, never has Common Sense been a test for Graduation from any Institution of learning,
Political advantage and progress has never been honestly tied to Intellect, it is based on Political Common Sense.
Political Common Sense is a basically stupid term because Politics is driven by everything but Common Sense. It is driven by a quest for power.
Politicians feed on the way the people perceive their announced positions (true or not).
Personally, I would like to support a candidate that is honest and has some Common Sense.
Ok, this is very hard to find. To hell with Intellect, what matters is being able to do the job!
As the USA has evolved and the state of the nation, various Presidents being political animals have done their thing based on their ability and political agenda.
A variety of social and political circumstances have created the American Presidents, sometimes the result was ok, sometimes pure stupidity and sometimes interesting.
Selection of a President is a guess, Intellect is not a factor! In most cases the victor wasn't an idiot, but a few have managed to slip thru the process.
When Politically brain-dead voters get to vote the result is always a total guess.
Intellect of candidates is a of no real interest to voters, false promises and political BS is more effective.
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