01-07-2008, 08:13 PM
>>people chose someone they felt they could "have a beer with" and then later regretted it.
I don't see it as an insult. I think people thought he was a "regular guy", and mistakenly thought he would bring some "common sense" to the office. He didn't, but I can see where people would have hoped.
Fwiw, I also don't see his terms as faith-based. I think at the very least one could expect a person of faith to put others' interests before their own, and he clearly didn't. Well, unless Cheney counts as "others'".
As far as a candidate's stand on sci/tech, I think people place it lower on the priority list in general, than a sci/tech person would. Nothing wrong with that. kj.
I don't see it as an insult. I think people thought he was a "regular guy", and mistakenly thought he would bring some "common sense" to the office. He didn't, but I can see where people would have hoped.
Fwiw, I also don't see his terms as faith-based. I think at the very least one could expect a person of faith to put others' interests before their own, and he clearly didn't. Well, unless Cheney counts as "others'".
As far as a candidate's stand on sci/tech, I think people place it lower on the priority list in general, than a sci/tech person would. Nothing wrong with that. kj.