Oh. I get what you are saying now. You are saying you want a human being in office, not a caricature. I disagree. I think caricatures are the way to go.
Seriously, I didn't understand you meant room for both in one person. I was arguing a preference for an educated man over an uneducated one in office - regardless of his sense of humor, or how he looks/acts in his off hours.
Obama may have his Joe side - but he isn't portraying himself as Joe, and painting himself as a caricature.
It is just that when I hear Sarah Palin say she is Joe Six Pack, I can't help but hear, "Am I uninformed and not an intellectual? You betcha!"
Until Pres. Bush and Gov. Palin came along, I never saw the Democrats and Republicans all that differently - just that they had different opinions (some good, some bad on both sides). I usually vote the independant ticket. However, Bush and Palin really scream "I am uninformed!" at me like no other.
However, I am not implying that an intellectual is always an intellectual nor am I implying that multifaceted people are undesirable. Sorry if I gave that impression.
My only statements are really these: 1. People should be qualified for their office. 2. Disparaging intellectuals for being intellectuals doesn't make sense to me. 3. I prefer informed, qualified, intelligent leaders who come across as informed qualified and intelligent in relation to the job (regardless of any other facets to their character). 4. Charges of elitism don't make sense, as going after the presidency is an elite thing to do. 5. I dislike having to qualify everything I say with paragraphs of explanation when I feel like I was perfectly clear to begin with if people would stop being so damn literal.
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