(or Anyone for That Matter,)

10) "Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take
dream." -LaCrosse, Wis., Oct. 18, 2000

9) "I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family." -Greater Nashua, N.H., Jan. 27, 2000

8) "I promise you I will listen to what has been said here, even though I wasn't here." -Waco, Texas, Aug. 13, 2002

7) "You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.'' -George W. Bush, Townsend, Tenn., Feb. 21, 2001

6) "Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB-GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across this country." -Poplar Bluff, Mo., Sept. 6, 2004

5) "There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me -you can't get fooled again." -Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002

4) "I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully." -Saginaw,Mich., Sept. 29, 2000

3) "They misunderestimated me." -Bentonville, Ark., Nov. 6, 2000

2) "Rarely is the questioned asked: Is our children learning?"
-Florence,S.C., Jan. 11, 2000

1) "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." -Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2004

I admire your diligence. It must have taken hours to whittle the list down to ten.

Why are (most) Republicans so "stupid"? No really, I'm being serious. Y'all know what I mean, so don't pretend you don't. And I'm not just talking about the Dan Quayle and Dubya's of the GOP, but the overwhelming majority that run for higher office. It's as if the higher you want to climb in the party the dumber you must be or become (sort of the opposite with Democrats). Now don't get me wrong, there are plenty of stupid Democrats, but they just don't run for high office (at least not as much as Republicans).

It must be the old saying that the lowest common denominator has the greatest appeal to the masses. My god, just think of the millions in this country that talk (and think) just like Bush does.

Bingo. Form sentences with multisyllabic words and you're labelled an "elitist".

I won't bore you with the stages of adult development which have several related dimensions - the status of egocentrism, abstract thinking and ability to draw new connections, emotional range, and most importantly, moral development are some of them.

Fear and anger as base motivators, enthnocentrism (my country right or wrong) and black-and-white thinking represent are primary characteristics at the median on the developmental bell curve.