[dogbyte12]

Agreed on that point. Take the Clintons for example. I bet if you did an IQ test, Hillary would beat Bill. But Bill was president, and she won't be. She does sound like chalkboards being raked by nails, Bubba is smooth and polished. It's not about intelligence, it's about delivery.

There are science geeks who know alot, but are terrible public speakers. It's the same thing with athletes who are brilliant at their sport and lousy coaches because their knowledge doesn't translate well into teaching.

[Steve_Seattle]

"There are science geeks who know alot, but are terrible public speakers."

Reminds me of the time my high school class visited the cyclotron lab at the University of Washington, and one of our guides was this geek with a horrible stammer who could barely talk. But he probably had a PhD in Physics. (The other guide was this drop-dead gorgeous woman, probably also a PhD.)

[maica]

It's not about intelligence, it's about delivery.

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What I find interesting is how many writers/pundits have trouble with complete sentences when they do an interview on the radio. They really have no room to criticize the spontaneous delivery of anyone else's thoughts, including President Bush..