Originally posted by Nash:
Doesn't change the fact that he's a total idiot 
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...intellectually he couldn't possibly be taken seriously.
He doesn't read.
... Did he even step out of the U.S. (you know, like travel... look around at stuff) before he became prez...
Woefully (frighteningly imho) lacking in so many regards. Unfit. Not to be taken seriously.
Where do you get that stuff?
He had decent SAT for a guy who was considered not to apply himself too hard.
He graduated from a good college with decent grades.
He had a career in private sector that left him with many supporters in business.
He governed a major state with very critical population and was reelected.
I am sure his knowlege about the foreign countries would not increase a bit if he travelled them as a tourist.
You have to live in a country for at least a few months, preferably work there to get any knowlege through practical traveling. Everything else you may get from education, books, media and talking to people.
I am sure in his corporate work he had a lot of exposure to foreigners.
How many other presidents spent much time in Russia, China and North Korea before being elected?
He does have a slight speach impediment. Since when has it been an indicator of intelligence?
miko
