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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Oct 7, 2008, at 10:52 PM, Mogrits wrote:

> Gene, I was responding to your original post, where you reposted the
> opinion of a Canadian. Upon re-reading it I see your stepson is the
> Canadian. I'm not sure how that happens unless you are/were married to
> a Canadian, but as Palin would say, anywho...

My wife, Chris, was married to a Canadian man, Jim, she met in Nevada.  
They had Craig, my stepson. Jim died way too young. Craig is as a son  
to me and he relates to me as a father. He is the father of my three  
grandsons. He lives in Toronto.
> ""I was watching CNN today and I tuned into (rather endured) a press
> conference that W held today in Galveston.  I couldn't believe how
> many "ummmms" were littered throughout his awkward discussion with the
> press.  It was painful to watch him writhe under the pressure of
> having to think on his feet and attempt to muster an intelligent
> statement at the same time.  He looked more like a guy that was the
> last pick for a junior high debate club than someone in the most
> powerful position on the planet.  'nuff on him.  Who's your pick for
> the next term?"
>
> That's what I was responding to- the implication that W is an idiot.
> Idiots don't fly fighter jets. They are incapable of such.

You did a James; you injected your new word, idiot.  What you were  
responding to did not include that word or that insinuation.

George W. Bush is not mentally handicapped; he is verbally  
handicapped. Leaders who are verbally handicapped are a negative  
reflection on the people they represent. Craig's post was a reflection  
of that.
> Sorry for causing confusion by responding to the "OP"

No need to apologize. But thank you for doing so. We could all profit  
by becoming a bit more acquainted with old-fashioned good manners. My  
94-year-old mother is beside herself with how rudely Americans are  
talking to each other these days. Congress has become more and more  
ill-mannered and we, the people, are following their example and the  
example of campaign managers who focus only on winning as they and  
their candidates seek power at any cost. Civility is waning and we are  
in danger of dividing ourselves, something no foreign enemy has been  
able to do so far.