(Indianapolis, IN) - Texas Governor George W. Bush today asserted that he is, in fact, "plenty smart" enough to be President.  English teachers across the United States retorted that, using phrases like that, Bush wasn't smart enough to pass Freshman English, let alone lead the free world.

"America understands that a guy doesn't know the name of every single foreign leader. That's not what Americans are making their choices on," the Texas governor said in an ABC television interview.  ABC Commentator George Will had to be physically restrained as the Governor continued to end his sentences with prepositions.

The very fact that W. feels the need to tell us he's smart enough to be President should scare the hell out of us all.  What exactly is smart "enough" to lead the free world?  I mean, Harry Truman wasn't smart in the traditional sense of the word.

As for his assertion that he doesn't need to know the leader "of every single country," I would reply thusly: should the President at least know the who leads the second-most populous country on Earth?  How about the two newest nuclear powers?  This wasn't a question about the President of Luxembourg...these countries are important.

Here's my take on W. and, by all means, feel free to respond:
George Walker Bush has done absolutely nothing on his own in his life.  He got where he is by Daddy's money and connections.  He was a "C" student at Yale after getting in on his father's and grandfather's legacies.  He has failed in business time-and-again - each time relying on Papa Bush's friends or the taxpayers (see the financing of The Ballpark for the Texas Rangers) to bail him out.  As Governor, he has pursued the agenda his advisors have told him to pursue.  He has no ideas of his own except that he's "pro-good" and "anti-bad."

George Herbert Walker Bush, 41st President of the United States, was many things I didn't like but he was well-prepared and mentally suited to be President.  Let's not judge the son because we like or respect the father.  If we did crap like that, Mike Reagan would be President (yikes).

AND THE "DANNY" GOES TO:
The obvious choice here would be Gov. Bush but I'll move on to a different idiot.  President Bill Clinton, in his ongoing effort to thrust Al Gore down America's throat, played up Gore's "service" in Vietnam saying, "I think (military service) can be a positive, and frankly I think that's the way it ought to be.  I've always seen military service as a plus."  Yeah...except for that one point in his life where he had the chance to serve.  Needless to say, Sen. Bill Bradley never served in the military whereas Vice President Gore snapped photos and doodled for Stars and Stripes.  Word has it, Gore wrote "Born to Pander" on his helmet during the war.