Who would want an intellectual for President? It's a rough world out there, and I'd rather have an alley-fighter who understands how not to lose than someone who thinks they can, with no experience in doing so, "negotiate" with some of the toughest dudes on the planet.

We had one intellectual who peacenik'd us all the way into WWII, and another pseudo-intellectual who disarmed the nation to the point where we became a target.

No, Teddy Roosevelt's "speak softly, but..." works better than all of the "we can work it out" rhetoric. If there is one thing Americans have proven over time not to do well, it's negotiating with other cultures. We always expect them to follow our rules of negotiation, and usually end up with nothing but the bill (remember the Camp David accords?)

Intellectualism is best left for the ivy-covered halls of deep thinking. It's an academic exercise not well suited for the rough-and-tumble international politics world.