Why do so many Americans hate Sarah Palin?

[QUOTE="fidosim"][QUOTE="Tauruslink"] Oh yeah, what ever would we do without her invaluable and insightful commentaries on politics!?chessmaster1989

I really doubt that she would be elected (or even win the nomination). I'd lose all faith in the American people if she were elected president.

Take Abe Lincoln as an example. He had less than a year of formal education. But you wouldn't say he was stupid, would you?fidosim

[QUOTE="fidosim"]Take Abe Lincoln as an example. He had less than a year of formal education. But you wouldn't say he was stupid, would you?ChiliDragon

[QUOTE="ChiliDragon"][QUOTE="fidosim"]Take Abe Lincoln as an example. He had less than a year of formal education. But you wouldn't say he was stupid, would you?fidosim

Let's not make asumptions. We need statistics to prove our points.

[QUOTE="fidosim"][QUOTE="ChiliDragon"] No, but I wouldn't use him as great example of the average citizen either. What's next? Einstein as the average European and Marie Curie as the average woman? Please...Hot-Tamale

Let's not make asumptions. We need statistics to prove our points.

[QUOTE="ChiliDragon"][QUOTE="fidosim"]Take Abe Lincoln as an example. He had less than a year of formal education. But you wouldn't say he was stupid, would you?fidosim

I think it's time to give it up; this person is not going to believe that a college education is beneficial to a person's development.

That wasn't my argument. My argument was that Lincoln's intelligence was on their level, and to use him as an example of an "average citizen" succeeding without the need for a college education is flat out ridiculous, mainly because Lincoln was not average. Seriously. You're insulting a great president here... :roll:ChiliDragon

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[QUOTE="fidosim"] Einstein and Curie were intelligent. No amount of higher education would have saved them if they were stupid.fidosim

Let's not make asumptions. We need statistics to prove our points.

I'm not referring to my statistics or I'd say so. I'm talking about educational statistics in general.

[QUOTE="ChiliDragon"]That wasn't my argument. My argument was that Lincoln's intelligence was on their level, and to use him as an example of an "average citizen" succeeding without the need for a college education is flat out ridiculous, mainly because Lincoln was not average. Seriously. You're insulting a great president here... :roll:fidosim

That seems awfully farfetched. I would look up some stats but I'm too tired. Perhaps later.

[QUOTE="fidosim"][QUOTE="ChiliDragon"]That wasn't my argument. My argument was that Lincoln's intelligence was on their level, and to use him as an example of an "average citizen" succeeding without the need for a college education is flat out ridiculous, mainly because Lincoln was not average. Seriously. You're insulting a great president here... :roll:Hot-Tamale

That seems awfully farfetched. I would look up some stats but I'm too tired. Perhaps later.

[QUOTE="fidosim"] I'm not using him as an "average citizen" i'm using him to show that the amount of "education" someone has does nothing to determine that person's intelligence.Hot-Tamale

That seems awfully farfetched. I would look up some stats but I'm too tired. Perhaps later.

I will just add this...In IQ testing...half of the subtests have to do with crystallized intelligence which is formed through learning...thus education does have something to do with determining intelligence in a literal sense....and while someone does not have to go to school to become intelligent and there are certain things that can't be taught in school, an education does help you practice and fine tune those skills and you gain a good foundation of knowledge over years that cannot just be gained in a year of cramming etc...

I'm not using him as an "average citizen" i'm using him to show that the amount of "education" someone has does nothing to determine that person's intelligence.fidosim

[QUOTE="fidosim"]I'm not using him as an "average citizen" i'm using him to show that the amount of "education" someone has does nothing to determine that person's intelligence.ChiliDragon

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[QUOTE="fidosim"] I'm not using him as an "average citizen" i'm using him to show that the amount of "education" someone has does nothing to determine that person's intelligence.Lindsosaurus

That seems awfully farfetched. I would look up some stats but I'm too tired. Perhaps later.

I will just add this...In IQ testing...half of the subtests have to do with crystallized intelligence which is formed through learning...thus education does have something to do with determining intelligence in a literal sense....and while someone does not have to go to school to become intelligent and there are certain things that can't be taught in school, an education does help you practice and fine tune those skills and you gain a good foundation of knowledge over years that cannot just be gained in a year of cramming etc...

I agree. Though we do have a lot of instinctual knowledge, both genetic and learned through day to dayt activity, education definitely fine tunes it and adds to the knowledge pool while giving students challenge and competition.

isn't she a quitter?

isn't she a quitter?

LazyGamer09

She is MILF, I'll give her that...

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isn't she a quitter?

duxup

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isn't she a quitter?

pyromaniac223

Nice word there. Tripe. Very expressive.

Yeah it's pretty obvious she's a simpleton.

Whaa-? I never said that college got in the way of success. I said that education =/= brain power. Lincoln wasn't educated, but he was intelligent. But if Lincoln hadn't gotten his lucky break in politics, he would have lived and died as a prarie hick from Illinois. There's nothing to say that there aren't intellectually gifted people out there who have not attended college.fidosim

I think they should hate less on Palin and more on people like Hannity and Limbaugh.

I think they should hate less on Palin and more on people like Hannity and Limbaugh.

sonicare

Well they all enable each other...