# Is Bush an Idiot or Not?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bush-an-idiot-or-not/265138>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [September 20, 2004, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bush-an-idiot-or-not/265138 "2004-09-20T14:45:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bush-an-idiot-or-not/265138/81 "2004-09-22T05:39:32Z")

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> …A reckless Hillbilly Empire…

Thems fightin’ words here in the South. Just don’t forget that Bill Clinton represented the great Hillbilly Nation.

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**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bush-an-idiot-or-not/265138/82 "2004-09-22T14:13:53Z")

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**JThunder**

I gotta admit I was running on a half night’s sleep yesterday, and so a good deal of the “fog” was my own inability to concentrate. (And the way the damned office phone keeps ringing this morning, I’m having a hard time holding a train of thought [or even finishing this sentence!].)

Anyway: I see now that my attempt at paraphrase left out the key word _expect_. So the proper paraphrase of your statement appears to be, “Is it reasonable to expect a moron to obtain high public office?” Since it does happen, it is a reasonable expectation. Whether it is desirable is a moose of a different color.

Further affiant saith not 'til he findeth the coffee pot. . . .

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