
Originally Posted by
caseysmom
LMAO kind of sums up the whole thing doesn't it. Brains or brawn...which will serve us better...hmmm that is sure a hard one!
I don't care so much for smart, I want wise. The POTUS can hire really SMART, expert people to put around him/her. I want a wise person who will take that advice and make wise choice.
James Buchanan was perhaps the smartest President to ever take office. Yet led us to Civil War.
All the brains of Woodrow Wilson... Yet he was the first overtly fascist President in US history. (I believe the next is coming soon....)
I believe our nation is where it is right now, in great part, due to the fact that we all now value "knowledge" over wisdom. Now this is not to say that knowledge is a bad thing. But when not used wisely, knowledge can destroy.
Oppenheimer...
Vladimir Lenin...
Benito Mussolini...
Etc....
"Unlike most of you, I am not a nut."
- Homer Simpson
"If the enemy opens the door, you must race in."
- Sun Tzu - Art of War
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