Incidentally, to any Al Gore fans who were hoping their man could make a big issue of George W. Bush’s alleged intellectual deficiencies… don’t hold your breath! have you seen Al’s harvard transcripts? His grades have been revealed, and you know what? Al’s grades were no better than George’s- and in many cases, they were worse!
Now, I don’t expect ANY liberal to vote for George as a result of this new information. I just hope that liberals will acknowledge what’s been obvious to the rest of us for some time: Al Gore is no intellectual! Just because he’s pompous and arrogant, it doesn’t follow that he’s smart!
Actually, the IQ issue may work to G.W’s advantage, because he never CLAIMED to be an Einstein- just a capable administrator with a gift for working well with legislators!
The federal report in question indicated that 5% of Texas households had “suffered from hunger” from 1996-1998. That doesn’t strike me as a claim that “hunger and starvation are widespread” in Texas or anywhere else. It does strike me that you are guilty of what you blame these hunger sites and others of doing, which is distorting the facts. Your point also turns on a slippery definition; what does “widespread” mean? I’m sure there are plenty of people who, when asked if one out of twenty was “widespread,” would say yes. And there are many who would say no. MHO? In a country as wealthy as the United States, there is little or no excuse for anyone to “suffer from hunger.”
Didn’t you know? Every president is issued a “yearbook” with all the names, ages, and addresses of all the other world’s leaders. Even the little Russian splinter countries with names composed entirely of consonants. This yearbook ensures that even ordinary folks like me could be president. Oh, what a world it could be!
I’m not singling you out or picking on you RT (I wouldn’t do that to ya! :)), just illustrating that assertions need to be backed up with more than, well, assertions.