John W. <worthj1970@yahoo.com> wrote:
> mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote in message news:<cfrvop$jb9$3@news.Stanford.EDU>...
>> Kevin Gowen <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> wrote:
>> > John W. wrote:

>> > Because he's a rich fat cat?

>> Naw, cause he's an idiot draft-dodger.

> Increasingly I'm prone to believing he isn't as big of an idiot as he
> sometimes appears. If he was, he wouldn't have been able to get past
> the primaries, much less actually get elected.

In many respects, he's not so much stupid, as lazy. He doesn't think
through the consequences of his actions, and expects to charm (or
"lead", if you will) his way out of any problems. 

And being a "true believer", he cannot understand much of his
opposition.

Mike