I Could Never Vote for Anyone who is not as Intelligent as I am, or who Knows Less About Governing than I do
Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart No one would ever accuse me of being a genius. I always had great grades in school, passed every test in the jobs I applied for easily, but I have known many people whose mental abilities are far superior to my own. I simply worked harder than most. Of all the presidents I voted for, beginning in 1968, there were only two I considered brilliant and impressed me with most of their decisions, their ability to speak to me honestly and eloquently, and displayed common sense most of the time. THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION One was the man who, although he was far from perfect, saved our nation’s economy from two former, destructive Republicans: William Jefferson Clinton. He entered office in 1993. When he left the White House in 2001, he had erased the huge national debt created by his Republican predecessors, and the national treasury had a surplus. PRESIDENT OBAMA TO THE RESCUE In 2009, President Barack Hussein Obama began the process of preventing a se