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[Did anyone notice the Nation is not calling McCain "dumber than Bush" ..?? Hmmmmm??]

You make a great point...but I for one am tired of being on the side of the one whom "intellectuals" get to slam at will, with the "victim" not caring to defend himself.

I remember reading a conservative Wall Street Journal account of how the President deliberately used the word "nucular" and other country talk in the 2004 campaign in order to talk down to many in his electorate who don't like intellectuals at all, even when those intellectuals really are smart and street-wise and vote Republican.

I cannot count the number of friends in California who peeled away from Bush in the final year before the election on account of his use of the word "nucular". They didn't see the humor. They didn't admire the apparent intent, which was to talk down to his own voters (not that he wasn't the best candidate for whom I crawled over broken glass to vote for).

It doesn't necessarily have to be Rudy, but I want somebody who would fly to the Sorbonne on a moment's notice to defend the honor of the US Republican Party in a debate with a leftist French professor who just crossed a line in one of his lectures yesterday...

I want to see French intellectuals daring to speak out in favor of leftism....prompting the American President to fly to Paris immediately to take him on in an intellectual duel that leaves the leftist curled up in the fetal position.

Reagan almost had this trait. The Bush Family absolutely does NOT have this trait. The world is ready for a conservative who DOES have this trait.

Liberals are so easy to make speechless. They are so easy to force into a corner where they will BEG to get out of the room...or convert to conservatism before your very eyes.

I am an expert converter of liberals to conservatism. I convert at least one person per week.

We need someone with the power to do that.

"I cannot count the number of friends in California who peeled away from Bush in the final year before the election on account of his use of the word "nucular". They didn't see the humor. They didn't admire the apparent intent, which was to talk down to his own voters."

Then if it was to be humorous, why didn't he stop doing it after the election? He did it most recently in the State of the Union address. Was he just being funny, talking "down" to ALL of us?

JMO, Rudy would stand up to the Saudi's (for example he's already done so before and after 911) and he would be an awsome debater, he would be tough on crime (reputation as a very tough Prosecutor -- and with M13 proliferating by leaps and bounds that intrigues me).. I am very aware of how he was both loved and hated in NYC, but I saw the before, during and after and NYC during Rudy was really something, he isn't afraid to be unpopular in his decision-making.

That said, I am taking a wait-and-see because I don't want a third party candidate and I don't want people jumping ship and voting independent because they can't live with the GOP candidate, but I'm also aware that a weak candidate -- no matter how much we all appreciate him -- will elect a dem this time around and I'm convinced we can't have that. My intent is to vote with my head in '08.

Well .. American presidents have more important things to do than debate some stupid Frenchman with bad manners and and an attitude to match.

Besides, I don't vote for people by how they speak - but by what they say. If people were offended by the word "nucular" - it's their problem. As for talking down to people - I've never seen Bush do that - if anything, he is humble and tries to establish relationships based on the other person's worth.

And if you're such a good "converter" - why don't you offer your services to the RNC - maybe a little training would help!