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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 07:37 PM
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Poll question: Who was more intelligent? Ronald W. Reagan or George W. Bush
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Nikki Stone 1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 07:40 PM
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1. A banana slug
could out-think them both.
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Mikimouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 07:40 PM
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2. How 'bout a tangible third choice, like say...
a used styrofoam coffee cup?
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 07:41 PM
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3. I Fail To See The Relevance Or Point.
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billbuckhead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 07:43 PM
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5. How about Howdy Doody vs Lamb Chop?
They're both just puppets.
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rzemanfl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 07:53 PM
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8. No, Howdy Doody was a marionette and Lamb Chop was a
puppet. Come to think of it, that is a good explanation of the difference between the Gipper and the Shrub.
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 07:41 PM
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4. Reagan thought he was in a movie, had alzheimers, Mr.bush...
has little curiosity, no imagination, has something physiologically wrong, as yet no dianoses public. Intelligence? Not my word for either.
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 08:11 PM
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13. Reagan knew a ranch from a pig farm
And he could make facial expressions which had some relevance to what he was saying.

Both those tasks seem beyond George Wastrel bush.
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 11:24 PM
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18. He could memorize a script and say the right things with right tone.
He confused reality with movies, but was a much better presenter than the decider is.
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Tansy_Gold Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 07:46 PM
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6. Reagan is STILL smarter than booosh
and he's dead.

And I never thought Reagan was very bright.


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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 07:49 PM
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7. Reagan had a more flexible mind.
He had a better staff and more policy debates.

It's not saying much, but it's true.
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Raine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 07:56 PM
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9. UGH what a choice but
much as I hated Raygun I would have to say at least he had Nancy who worried about his legacy and I believe he actually had a heart.
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Minnesota Libra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 07:58 PM
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10. As an actor Reagan had a script he followed but the WH Idiot..............
....doesn't want to follow a script, he wants to do it all his own way. Remember above all though they were/are both neocons/fundies.:banghead:
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LibDemAlways Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 08:09 PM
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11. If I had to make a choice, I'd say Reagan but only
because he could memorize lines and put on a convincing act. The chimp just comes across as a complete dumbshit.
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Lefty48197 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 08:11 PM
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12. Idiot, meet moron. Moron...
It's a tie. Not for who is MOST intelligent, but rather for who is LEAST intelligent. Both of them have double digit IQ's.
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gademocrat7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 08:15 PM
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14. reagan but that is not saying much
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Kickin_Donkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 08:42 PM
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15. I'd say it's even-steven ...
both are rock-bottom.
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Smarmie Doofus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 08:47 PM
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16. Reagan was a creep but he was clever.
He was also *uncommonly* articulate in his pre-presidential years. Yes, he could deviate from the script and make sense extemperaneously.

Bush is also a creep but he's not clever and he can neither think clearly nor speak coherently.
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European Socialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 08:48 PM
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17. Raygun--because he had a Democratic Congress.
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corporatemedia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 11:27 PM
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19. Bonzo!
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Selatius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 11:29 PM
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20. Reagan didn't start Viet Nam II and he outmaneuvered a Dem Congress
Edited on Tue Jun-06-06 11:30 PM by Selatius
Bush Jr. will be remembered for starting a second war in a lifetime with no exit strategy and no clear measures for victory.

And Reagan got his tax cuts through despite Democratic domination of both chambers of Congress. He knew how to beat Democrats down.
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 11:31 PM
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21. Drooling Idiot vs Smirking Idiot.
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 11:37 PM
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22. They are both dumber than posts.
As an actor Reagan was able to spew BS in a persuasive way sort of like Rush Limbaugh does. Rush is dumb as a post too.
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 11:38 PM
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23. What's smaller - a helium atom, or a hydrogen atom?
:rofl:

When you start talking about differences THAT small, it becomes moot.
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