On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 22:45:07 +0100, "John Redman"
om wrote:

Has there ever been a Republican President the left did *not* insist was
"dumb"?

Ike was not dumb but I'm too young to remember his press
coverage. I do remember Nixon's, he was accused of a lot of
things but not stupidity.


All of whom, oddly enough, were smart enough to defeat the Demorat?


Intelligence does not correlate well with either correct decision
making or success[1]. Other factors seem at least as important.
Bush the elder was not very bright but made a number of good
calls, some under serious pressure. His son is brighter, but
hasn't done as well.

[1] note that I said "does not correlate well" not "correlates
negatively."

Peter Skelton