{"id":7256,"date":"2008-09-29T22:11:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-29T22:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/68.169.38.31\/?p=7256"},"modified":"2008-09-29T22:11:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-29T22:11:00","slug":"preach-on-brotherman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormogons.com\/index.php\/2008\/09\/preach-on-brotherman\/","title":{"rendered":"Preach on, brotherman."},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>I\u2019m reminded of that superstition today by the absurd overvaluation of intelligence and educational credentials of the Democrats. Of course, as Heather MacDonald points out it\u2019s always possible to go too far in the other direction, but I\u2019m inclined to agree with Charles Murray that sheer intelligence is not only not a qualification for the highest office in the land, it may be a positive disqualification. Just look at Jimmy Carter!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u2014James Bowman <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newcriterion.com\/posts.cfm\/Brain-Fever-5077\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">(read it all)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hell, yeah. Our last certified-intellectual president? Woodrow Wilson. A total disaster at best, and in Jonah Goldberg&#8217;s account, arguably the architect of the world&#8217;s first fascist dictatorship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m reminded of that superstition today by the absurd overvaluation of intelligence and educational credentials of the Democrats. 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