Reply #81: Intelligent Conservatives

[ErinGoBraghLess]

You ask how can anyone intelligent vote for this crap. I think you are making the classic mistake of assuming that if someone disagrees with you, then they must not be intelligent. My husband is a very intelligent, well-read man and I respect his choice to have his thoughts. And you can't tell me that someone like George Will is stupid. I may disagree with him, but I would always concede that he is a bright individual.

You also remind me of the story about the little Polish boy who was getting picked on at school. Another boy was calling him a stupid Pollack. The Polish boy asked, "Can you speak Polish?" The other boy admitted he could not. The Polish boy then asked, "How's it feel to be dumber than a Pollack?"

I think we make a terrible mistake if we assume that the 60-plus million people who voted for Bush must all be stupid. If so, how did we lose to a bunch of stupid people? And how do we reach them if they are all so mentally challenged? I think we need to take the approach that they are mistaken, they are wrong, and that they can be taught that a different approach to the world is better.