Originally posted by benjamin
Also. Bush may or may not be a bright guy, but his speech patterns are consistent with a learning disability, possibly mild dyslexia. Not during his scripted speeches, mind you, just during extemporaneous events like press conferences.
If Al Gore had been declared President by the Supreme Court instead of George Bush, you're right -- Saddam Hussein would likely still be in charge in Iraq. Gore never would have lied to the United States Congress and the world about phantom weapons of mass destruction in order to justify a preposterous war.
I would certainly have to agree that Bush is not the most polished public speaker, and I also find your analysis of his speech patterns somewhat interesting. Would you care to elaborate a bit? Regardless of any particular (or potential) learning disability, I would have to think that you would agree that a particular disability does not make, in Wedly's words, "a man wit close to no intelligence."
Relative to your "phantom weapons" statement, I am also curious as to your take on the preliminary report by David Kay about Iraq's weapons program and the Iraqi Colonel that has received much press outside of the US. The Colonel recently came forward as a source to British (prewar) intelligence about Iraq's ability to mount a WMD deployment in (if I recall correctly) under 45 minutes? I've also recently heard rumblings that more WMD information may come to light (in a 30 day window?), and this information is allegedly supposed to be very definitive about WMD's in Iraq. If I heard correctly, there may be information forthcoming from India and/or Pakistan about Iraq's weapons being transferred to Iran and Syria. The catalyst for this information was Saddam's capture, as there were sources that may have not been able to come forward if he was on the loose.