@Lupo: make up your mind, you are attacking Obama both for being academic and not being academic.

We’ve all seen what damage a dumb “decider” can do in high office. I think people are looking for someone with a little more thoughtfulness. I find it hard to imagine being a physicist who prefers to be ruled by dumb jocks with executive asshole skills, but whatever. You probably got a nice stiffie when Bush paraded around with his manly characteristic emphasized.

Don’t know where your riff on Dawkins is coming from; if you read my blog you’ll see that I’m mostly opposed to his simpleminded atheism. He was, in fact, a real scientist who did work on zoology and kin selection before taking on his current role as scourge of religion.

McCain was a singularly incompetent pilot who crashed numerous planes and may have started a fire on the USS Forrestal that killed over 100 sailors. His poor judgement, evidenced by his selection of Palin, seems to go back a long way.