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columnist: John Armstrong

Topic: Ron Paul
Ron Paul Looks Presidential on Jay Leno

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Originally Titled "Ron Paul Doesn't look Presidential on Leno"

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by John Armstrong
(Libertarian)
Tuesday, January 8, 2008

After Leno tonight, I thought about what a lot of people who only get their "news" from the mainstream media might think about Ron Paul.  My guess is that their thoughts would be something along the lines of "Ron Paul doesn't look Presidential." 

However, he is starting to get into his groove and was funnier than he has ever been.  If he has ever looked or sounded Presidential, it was tonight.

This prompted my performing an interesting, to me anyway, series of Google searches.  I wanted to share the results with you as I think they offer a revealing, albeit very non-scientific, perspective of this Presidential Election.

I Googled the following (all with quotes):

Doesn't look Presidential: 2,380 matches

Doesn't sound Presidential: 273

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Romney looks Presidential: 612

Huckabee looks Presidential: 4

Paul looks Presidential: 3

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Romney sounds Presidential: 34

Huckabee sounds Presidential: 2

Paul sounds Presidential: 1 (and it was about Saturday's ABC Debate)

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Romney is intelligent: 1480

Huckabee is intelligent:  8

Paul is intelligent: 4790

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Mitt Romney is intelligent:  7

Mike Huckabee is intelligent: 2

Ron Paul is intelligent: 1790

I could easily go into a dissertation about how looking Presidential is more important than sounding Presidential.   I could write about how being funny is seemingly more important than looking Presidential, sounding Presidential or being intelligent. I could write about how the media portrays as Ron Paul as a nutjob in order to dismiss his intelligence.  I could write about the dumbing down of America. I could write about a lot of things, but I won't.

If you can't interpret this for yourself and understand the implications, you likely wouldn't be reading this to begin with and probably feel an odd sense of connection with the 90% of people who voted in Iowa last week. 

We all know that the smart kid in class gets laughed at and called names only later to be called "Boss" when enough time has passed.  My only hope is that there is enough time left before November for the smart kid in this class of candidates to be called "President." New Hampshire, we're counting on you tomorrow.

Your Fellow American,

John Armstrong

P.S. If you want a glimpse of his intelligence, understand what his talk about the Federal Reserve or Gold Standard is about, and haven't read the article I wrote titled "Ron Paul: A Man Among Boys at ABC Debate", this would be a great time to do it.

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Published: Tuesday, January 8, 2008
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