I have a theory: Progressives are gifted

[rainy]

and Republicans are not. This does not mean that Repubs are dumb. Gifted just means we see things differently. Deeper and in greater dimensions. Gifted people are artists, poets, writers and visionaries. As Bernard Wiener says of artists: "They simply see too much too clearly." He wrote a great article, Artistic Symbolism and the Coming Bush Fall. Well worth reading. If this is true Republicans may not ever be able to see the reality we live in as they are not right brained enough. What do you think? My friend says I should not take politics so seriously. I say she is asking me not to be me. My republican husband says I think on a completely different level than him.

[Burma Jones]

1. No, Republicans ARE dumb - just look

http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~gcharter/iq.txt


AVG IQ AVG Income '00 Electoral

(1) Connecticut..................113 $26,979 Gore
(2) Massachusetts................111 $24,059 Gore
(3) New Jersey...................111 $26,457 Gore
(4) New York.....................109 $23,534 Gore
(5) Rhode Island.................107 $20,299 Gore
(6) Hawaii.......................106 $21,218 Gore
(7) Maryland.....................105 $22,974 Gore
(8) New Hampshire................105 $22,934 Bush
(9) Illinois.....................104 $21,608 Gore
(10) Delaware....................103 $21,451 Gore
(11) Minnesota...................102 $20,049 Gore
(12) Vermont.....................102 $18,834 Gore
(13) Washington..................102 $20,398 Gore
(14) California..................101 $21,278 Gore
(15) Pennsylvania................101 $20,253 Gore
(16) Maine.......................100 $18,226 Gore
(17) Virginia....................100 $20,629 Bush
(18) Wisconsin...................100 $18,727 Gore
(19) Colorado.....................99 $20,124 Bush
(20) Iowa.........................99 $18,287 Gore
(21) Michigan.....................99 $19,508 Gore
(22) Nevada.......................99 $20,266 Bush
(23) Ohio.........................99 $18,624 Bush
(24) Oregon.......................99 $18,202 Gore
(25) Alaska.......................98 $21,603 Bush
(26) Florida......................98 $19,397 Bush
(27) Missouri.....................98 $18,835 Bush
(28) Kansas.......................96 $19,376 Bush
(29) Nebraska.....................95 $19,084 Bush
(30) Arizona......................94 $17,119 Bush
(31) Indiana......................94 $18,043 Bush
(32) Tennessee....................94 $17,341 Bush
(33) North Carolina...............93 $17,667 Bush
(34) West Virginia................93 $15,065 Bush
(35) Arkansas.....................92 $15,439 Bush
(36) Georgia......................92 $18,130 Bush
(37) Kentucky.....................92 $16,534 Bush
(38) New Mexico...................92 $15,353 Gore
(39) North Dakota.................92 $16,854 Bush
(40) Texas........................92 $17,892 Bush
(41) Alabama......................90 $16,220 Bush
(42) Louisiana....................90 $15,712 Bush
(43) Montana......................90 $16,062 Bush
(44) Oklahoma.....................90 $16,198 Bush
(45) South Dakota.................90 $16,558 Bush
(46) South Carolina...............89 $15,989 Bush
(47) Wyoming......................89 $17,423 Bush
(48) Idaho........................87 $16,067 Bush
(49) Utah.........................87 $15,325 Bush
(50) Mississippi..................85 $14,088 Bush

[bacchant]

2. In my estimation

you are both right.

[JVS]

3. My theory: everyone sucks

it trancends all affiliations

edited for typo

[Stew225]

6. JVS comes close to my theory that all people are

assholes! I actually started writing a book about that and then realized that I was an asshole myself. But Jesus loves me, yes I know, for the Bible tells me so THERE!

[DS1]

4. dot oit prefix in url = a student worker techie posted this

:7

[Screaming Lord Byron]

5. We can see things intellectually, repubs see things in black and white.

[Digger]

7. Well said.

I agree wholeheartedly. I've known this all along, but your post is written so well I felt compelled to respond.

During my lifetime my right brain thinking has often been a hindrance as I try to survive in a left brained culture. But I cannot imagine being like "them".