Who's the biggest boob?

I've watched with amusement the dissections of Senator Biden's comments about Senator Obama. It seems that slips are given great weight in the considerations for public office. Senator Kerry's botched lines, even Senator Lott's goofy praise of Senator Strom Thurmond are other examples of the bipartisan sniping at public figures. Why is it, then, that we can survive the volumes of verbal spaghetti presented by George W. Bush? In both elections, the expectation that he was an intellectual boob led to the low bar of semantic survival.

Give it a rest. Let's get on with substantive issues. Even passing by the comical festival of fumbles offered by "W", there are plenty substantive reasons disdain of his policies and performance if not for outright impeachment. Give more heed to the ideas and intelligence of Biden and others who aren't blessed with the soul and tongue of a simpleton.

On the other hand, maybe with enough work, Joe Biden could get elected by attempting to match "W's" reputation as a nitwit. By lowing expectations, maybe we could all be relieved that Biden only makes two or three slips a day and therefore meets the George W Bush test for presidential ability.

Doug Beezley