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> He spoke like a man who didn't know how to speak in public, not like someone who was ignorant or addled. His problem went beyond not knowing how to speak in
by finid 11y ago
> He spoke like a man who didn't know how to speak in public, not like someone who was ignorant or addled.
His problem went beyond not knowing how to speak in public, which, by itself, is not a sign of not being intelligent. He was truly very dull, something he himself admitted to ("I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed").
Aside from that, if you passed through college, then through grad school and always referred to the Internet as "the internets", and to "the google", then public speaking is the least of your worries.
- mietek 11y ago> He was truly very dull, something he himself admitted You may wish to rethink this.
- finid 11y agoYou'll have to give me good reasons to. No, downvoting is not one.
- cholantesh 11y agoWas not the linked article sufficient?
- kevin_thibedeau 11y agoIt's revisionist history. Bush is clearly not as dumb as he was caricatured. But he certainly couldn't lead in any way on his own without daddy's entourage telling him what to do.
- cholantesh 11y agoCould any head of state? The depth of expertise required to hold that kind of position is far more than one man can deign to have.
- david927 11y agoThe linked article was fluff piece by a friend of his.
- gravypod 11y agoWhat do you mean by this?
- realitygrill 11y agoDull people don't usually call themselves dull. "Reasonably intelligent" or "average" are more common. Think, was there perhaps a strategic reason to paint himself so?
- bitwize 11y agoThink, was there perhaps a strategic reason to paint himself so? Socrates, at his trial before a jury of Athenians, is said to have used a variation of the Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer defense to provoke sympathy: "I'm just a humble country boy, not worldly and sophisticated like you", etc. Not that Bush is any Socrates, but the stratagem is the same.