I think you are right about Bush and Iraq. I'm not sure I agree with your 50/50 point at the end though, as an awful lot of people of faith support Kerry, and an awful lot of "data driven" people support Bush. There are other litigating factors at work here.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Gruss Gott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 11:12 AM Subject: Re: Bush higher IQ than Kerry > > Brian wrote: > > That's a lot different than saying "he's not too bright". > > As I said, his real strength is emotional IQ and I think he relies > heavily on that to make decisions. That is, he's a emotional decision > maker rather than quantitative one. This is why he's so unwilling to > admit mistakes. In his mind, the principle of why he did something is > still true: > > "It's our duty to liberate people." > > "Saddam Hussein is evil and must be destroyed." > > If, in reality, these pursuits prove unworkable he can't see that > because he's not looking at the changing data, only the principle > justification. So, to Mr. Bush, the fact that Iraq is imploding > doesn't change his core belief that Mr. Hussein was evil - so he > continues to insist that he was correct. > > For data-driven people this concept is absurd and dangerous. > > For faith-driven people this concept is admirable. > > It would appear that 50% of our country is mostly data-driven while > 50% is mostly faith-driven. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=36 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:132970 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
