Yes, I do think saying “um” over and over is a sure sign of not being smart. The same goes for saying “you know” over and over. Obama should have a much larger vocabulary than “um”. He should be able to string together more than a few words without saying “um”.

He says he is going to have the most ethical Administration of all time. Does that mean ignoring the tax cheats and hoping those issues will not come up during the confirmation process?

Exactly who is in charge of vetting for Obama? Did Obama pick that person? If not, who did, if it was Obama, that again shows he is not very good at picking people, which means he is not very smart. Smart people do not put stupid people in charge of making decisions that will ultimately be placed at the feet of the “smart” person.

You make no sense. You haven’t offered any examples that relate to intelligence. Wow Bush and Kerry, one point difference. That sure makes a strong point, as if. They were both lousy C students at Yale. Your examples get weirder and weirder and more of a stretch. Stay on Message is 100% correct.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCV9ZoV–BY

Well, if you listen to the liberal media the GOP is stupid and the Dems are just the smartest people ever. Just a bit of the turning of the tables.

That is part of the issue. If the media is not going to accurately portray the two parties, there has to be another way to do it. Blogs are a good way to do just that.

For example the popular opinion in the press regarding the house vote was the Repubs were partisan. Yet, they were joined by 11 Dems, yes that is a very few, but the no votes were more bi-partisan then the yes votes. That matters in the larger picture.

Look, none of these people is really stupid. We may agree or disagree with them, but they’re not stupid. The only stupid thing going on is this discussion. Given the problems we are facing, discussing “who’s the stupidest” trumps fiddling while Rome burns. Let’s get back to discussing real issues.

Fifteen people in fifteen separate blogs all asserting that the media is liberal accomplishes nothing. It’s for the most part correct. We know it. Now get over it.

Be effective or be a crybaby. Don’t get distracted by the silly stuff. Concentrate on the issues.

If you watch the swearing in ceremony, Obama starts to say the second sentence before Roberts starts it. That is where the screw up starts.

I love the “reputable” news source. As if I just pulled that out of my backside.

Trivial? Every screw up the GOP does, the media covers it as if it is on the National security level. Sorry, it is your lib friends in the media who do that.

Obama says more umms then anyone I know. If you take off your liberal bias, you will see it too.

President Bush, if you recall, was too dumb to win against the very smart John Kerry. Yet, as it turns out Bush had a higher GPA then the very smart John Kerry. The same was the case in 2000 against Al Gore. Just because someone has a college degree, does not make them smart.

Obama was lauded for campaigning on not allowing lobbyists to “run Washington”. He made a very visible pledge and yet what does not get covered is the exception rule that allows lobbyists to serve if obama deems their experience and skills necessary. In other words, I’ll rant and yell about how evil lobbyists are, but I’ll use them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyW9e5QdWxk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThEAO0lt4Dw&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omHUsRTYFAU&feature=related

Yup, he is one sharp dude.

Is CNN reputable enough for you?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF5z2j-5DxQ

Of course lost in all of that is another exception. Obama reserves the right to order more tactics then just what is in the Army field manual. Yet, he wants to make everyone think torture will never be used again.

Obama had no foreign policy experience 4 years ago and made himself quickly into someone who the American people felt comfortable with. Sarah has 4 years till 2012. If you’re right, she’ll be as cool and collected as Barack is by 2012. Personally, I doubt it.

You haven’t actually offered any evidence at all that Obama, graduate of Columbia and Harvard, professor, politician, and writer, is not intelligent. Lots of his political enemies have characterized him as such, including some of the leading conservative commentators he engaged recently at George Will’s. They still don’t want him to be president. The point is to disagree with him on his policies, not to stretch to find bizarre flaws like the Penn State mascot. Again, how unbelievably irrelevant is that?

On executive experience, I would agree you are right. He did have an extensive record as a legislator in Illinois, but very little time on the national level. However, time will tell. He won a very clear victory, by a safe margin in the popular vote, and in electoral college terms it was a landslide. You are going to have to live with it and maybe stop obsessing on mascots.

Obama has repeatedly talked about college football over the last four months. Penn State is one of the most followed tradition rich schools in the Country. He should know the mascot, or ask someone what it is before talking about it.

The media loves to push the stereotype Republicans are stupid. They don’t do the same for their fellow Dems. President Bush attempted to use a locked door, it was played out in the media. Yet, Obama tries to walk through a window, and it does not rate for the media.

Obama during a signing of an executive order ceremony was asked a question about what the executive order would do, and he did not know, and said he would have to ask his staff. Now, we all know if that was Bush, he would have been skewered by the media for not knowing what he was signing.

He also flubbed the swearing in as well. Of course Roberts had a screw up too, but the media put all the blame on Roberts to protect their fellow lib.

President Bush of course was not a very good speaking and he took plenty of heat for it. Yet, listen to Obama when he is not reading from the TelePrompter, he sounds just a bit better than Bush. Yet, we hear nothing but how smart the guy is etc.

It is relevant to say she is not more stupid than obama and Joe b. Because if the media was honest in their coverage, they would either not pick on the GOP or they would be honest and admit that obama is not really that smart.

I posted in another thread what Iran said in response to Obama wanting to talk with them. They see it as a weakness.

Take for example the experience factor. Obama had very little, Clinton had very little(leave out her 8 years as First Lady)and she had 8 years experience as a Senator. Yet, the media never focused on that.

Yet, when it came to Sarah Palin, she had no experience.

Do I think Sarah will be the best pick in 2012? That is hard to say, considering we are three years away from the campaign.

If physical clumsiness is grounds for stupidity, I can think of a famous Republican pres who has the window beat by a long shot. On the joke regarding Nancy Reagan, it was in bad taste for sure. I am not sure how it reflects on the new president’s knowledge of policy however. You make the oddest equivalencies.

I don’t agree with how you have described Obama’s position on Iran. What he has said is that he is open to talking to the country and lots of people in the foreign policy establishment agree. After all, the US held negotiations with North Korea. Finally and most important for a Republican, your “no more stupid than” is hardly a reason to support Palin for President. I’ll ask it again. Is Palin the best candidate you can imagine from the GOP? If so, the party is in worse shape than everyone says.

Obama also did not know the mascot of Penn State. I would argue that is pretty stupid, considering he seems to have an opinion on holding a College football playoff.

Obama also tried to “enter” a window” at the WH. He also told a stupid joke that was simply wrong during his first press conference after winning the election.

Obama also said Iran was not a threat, then it was a threat, then it was not a threat.

As I said she is no more stupid then obama and joe b.

I meant “nob”. Calling her a “knob” would be giving her too much credit. Keep drinking the Kool Aid, sport!

“Asked what newspapers and magazines she reads, Palin - a journalism major in college - could not name one publication.

“I’ve read most of them, again with a great appreciation for the press, for the media,” she said at first. Couric responded, “What, specifically?”

“Um, all of them, any of them that have been in front of me all these years.”

“Can you name a few?”

“I have a vast variety of source where we get our news,” Palin said.”

I doubt there is a single person on this blog who could not answer the question that totally flummoxed Palin, even after she was given repeated chances to come up with something. Grade A Alaskan Prime Ditz.

What flake are you talking about?

You made some good points. Steele though, seems to want to play identity politics like the Dems do.

Yeah, that’s a great headline!

As for Sarah Palin, in 2009, no, she is not prepared to head up the national ticket, and neither is Michael Steele and I know the man personally. He will be a tremendous leader for the RNC as stated in my above column. He would have been a super US Senator from the People’s Republic of MD if they had the brains to elect him. By the time 2012 rolls around, let’s see the progress the GOP has made under Steele’s leadership, THEN assess his potential as a member of the national ticket. Let’s also hold off judgment on Palin until she has another term as AK governor under her belt.

Message to Greg: I think you have JC Watts confused with JD Hayworth - both of whom were excellent GOP members of Congress. Watts, from OK, IS in fact black (I know him as well), while Hayworth, from AZ, is white. (Just a little housekeeping here.)

As a party and as conservatives, we needn’t worry about what the Democrats will do, because whatever it is, the MSM will defend it and praise it to the ends of the earth. What we need to focus upon is returning to our roots as Goldwater and Reagan conservatives and not have RINOs co-opt the party that gave us watered down candidates simply because the New York Slimes liked them. They loved McCain and he was a disaster as a presidential candidate.

Let’s not start promoting potential candidates because of gender or skin color - that’s not what the GOP is about. Leave it to the Democrats to hyphenate everybody. And if we do start looking for able-bodied conservatives, start with Senator (Dr.) Tom Coburn (OK) and Congressman Jeff Flake (AZ). Sadly if the name Newt Gingrich wasn’t so polarizing he would be the ideal choice.

OK, we have out work cut out for ourselves. Let’s roll up our sleeves and get busy.

By the way, my offer to challenge Jim Moran in 2010 still stands if someone can help raise $3 million.

Do you know Sarah is stupid, or are you relying on the liberal media to tell you that? She is no more stupid than obama who thinks we have 57 States, who thinks Arabic is spoken in Afghanistan. No more dumber than Joe Biden who asked a crippled man to stand, and thinks FDR went on TV in 1929 to give a speech.