Originally Posted By Dabob2 A moron, technically, is "A person of mild mental retardation having a mental age of from 7 to 12 years." So no, I don't think we'd elect an actual moron. But what the great philosopher Mr. B. Bunny would call a "maroon?" i.e. someone not technically a moron, but who exhibits every indication that he might actually be one? Hell, yeah. We've got one now. This is why I typically refer to Bush as a "maroon" rather than a "moron."
Originally Posted By DAR Did anyone a few months back see an HBO special that Robert Wuhl did where he gave a lecture to a history class? It was really well done, and if you get a chance looked it up on YouTube. He does a comparison of every President since Franklin Pierce and how it ties into today. Very funny and fascinating.
Originally Posted By DAR <<The queston is nearly 8 years too late.>> Says the person who mispelled question.
Originally Posted By utahjosh Anonymous inferred: "Ha ha Bush is a moron i am funny ha ha." Wow, that this stuff is fresh!
Originally Posted By DAR ^^^Hence the basic problem of political discourse today, started by talk radio and proudly carried on by the blogsphere.
Originally Posted By utahjosh Amen. Right or Left, conservative or Liberal, there are way too many people on each side not saying anything of substance, twisting every word to their advantage, and not taking a fair, honest, look. Good think there are some people doing it, i hope.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Indeed I think the electorate (or the Judiciary) have often made mistakes. Bush was elected, and so was Hitler!
Originally Posted By DAR I don't think you want to go there dave. Bush maybe a lot of things, but in no way shape or form can he even be compared to Hitler.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo I'm not drawing the same conclusions. Just that they (and many others - Thatcher as well) were leaders that were elected by the people who then really regretted it later.
Originally Posted By DAR Well I think Hitler would rank as the biggest regret. Another would be Idi Amin, I think he was elected at first, btw Last King of Scotland, fantastic film.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 An interesting question would be: would the Germans have regretted electing Hitler if they had won the war? If the Nazis really had instituted the "new world order" and had hegemony over all of Europe? I'd like to think that eventually the Germans would have regretted it, but it's an interesting question.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Good grief - I ask one of the more serious questions in a while, and it immediately gets moved to Playpen (!) The administrators are not getting into the Dabobian Church, I can tell you that.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo That is an interesting hypothesis Dabob2. I would think that yes, some/many may have regretted it. However, there are many Europeans that still long for the colonial era where they thmselves were the ethnic cleansers - British, Spanish, Dutch, French etc.
