Re: Rush Limbaugh

[Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx>]

Devine, James wrote:

> Carrol writes:
> >  I've several times on different lists raised an eyebrow as it were re
> >  the focus on GWB's intelligence. I still remember vividly how fooled
> >  everyone was in Eisenhower's administration by his genius at mimicking
> >  stupidity. I think leftists should simply stay away from estimating
> >  _anyone's_ intelligence or absence thereof. Remember Gould's
> >  _Mismeasure of Man_ -- and particularly his savaging of the concept of
> >  _g_. Focus on  what a government _does_ and on the actual content
> > (not the style) of
> >  what it says, not on the personel.
>
> In addition, it's not the "intelligence" of W that's importance.

Oh come on. What's wrong with a little ad hominem, especially with
such a gang of thugs? Here's a guy with every advantage in life
handed to him - Andover, Yale, Harvard, inherited money and position
- and he's still a provincial ignoramus. Marx never had any problem
with making fun of his enemies.

Doug