re: #182 sagehen

Bush the Elder wasn’t a great public speaker (serious charisma deficit), but his intellect was at least double his son’s — before he set out to run for Pres he’d been Ambassador to China, Director of the CIA, RNC Chair, and done well at all of them.

I wouldn’t say George H.W. has double the intellect of W, but he is a pretty learned man, and worldly man (if H.W. was never President, I’d respect him for his WWII service and for skydiving in his 80s, for sure). I’d say that they’d compliment each other, George H.W for his intellectual breadth and W for his easy-going personality.