Intelligence

Everyone should read Nicholas Kristof's op-ed about Obama as an intellectual.  It is a sad fact, that in National politics, being labeled as "intellectual" has generally proven to be a bad thing for one's candidacy.  Obama is our first true intellectual president since JFK; one who rather than shying away from being known as an Ivy League educated scholar, has in fact embraced it as a major part of his candidacy.

It really is a sad thing that when a candidate who is smart runs, he gets labeled "elite" and "out of touch".  Isn't running for President in-fact the most elitist job out there??  One has to have a pretty big ego to think they are qualified to run the free world.  Also, isn't being the President a job we should entrust to someone elite and intellectually qualified for the position?  I'm so glad that this time around, our country chose a former professor, as opposed to the ticket that had as VP someone who wanted to include creationism in the science classroom.  

Thank God America chose the person they would rather be their child's teacher, as opposed to the one they would want to have a beer with.  We need as much brains in Washington as we can get right now, especially to make up for the intellectual deficit of the past 8 years.