Who else thinks Howard Dean is perspicacious?

[wyldwolf]

I'm a Clark supporter.

And having watched Dean, I think he's kind of perspicacious.

Thoughts?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

1. Isn't being "persipacaious"

a prerequisite to get into med school?


I don't think they take the obtuse....

[Bertrand]

2. How dare you call Dean an...oversweater!!!

:)

[RichM]

3. Not particularly 'perspicacious,' IMO.

I'm not impressed with him. "Perspicacious," however, is a very nice word. I will make every effort to use it at least 3 more times today.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

4. Then vote for him, and give the dictionary a rest

You could just drop your erstwhile support of Clark and vote for Dean instead. Or are you just being pedantic?

[diplomats]

8. I think he likes Clark AND Dean

[diplomats]

5. Yep

:)

[Rose Siding]

6. Hell no!

:freak: *runs to dictionary, looks up word*

Yes! Yes, he is 'of acute mental vision or discernment'!

[chiburb]

7. I agree...

He's VERY slick!

:-)

For the lazy:

ADJECTIVE: Having or showing a clever awareness and resourcefulness in practical matters: astute, cagey, canny, knowing, shrewd, slick, smart, wise 1 . Informal : savvy. See ABILITY , CAREFUL .

[wyldwolf]

9. Heard his mom may have been a thespian...

...but it that just a rumor?

[boxster]

13. Ok, now you're just tormenting people.

Hehe. }(

[Kolesar]

18. ...you're thinking of Dick and Lynne Cheney's daughter eom

[Renew Deal]

26. How did she have children if she is a thespian? The freepers will go wild

j/k :evilgrin:

[MrBadExample]

10. True.

I also have it on good authority that he regularly associates with proselytes--in church, yet!

[boxster]

11. Very much so.

He's very much the antithesis of the current resident of the White House, as is Clark.

I'm just hoping that Clark and/or Dean aren't too intelligent and quick-witted for the American public. I have spoken with way too many people who voted for Bush in 2000 because Gore was "too smart".

[foo_bar]

12. so Clerks did raise the public discourse

[blm]

14. Yes...he's conman clever, but, not intellectually deep.

Clinton had aspects of that cleverness but was ALSO intellectually strong. Kerry is intellectually strong with just a trace of clever. I'd say Edwards and Clark are similar, but in a less obvious way.

[boxster]

15. I do think he's also been accused of being precipitous,

in addition to being perspicacious. ;-)

[Guaranteed]

16. LOL...Don't look now, Clark supporter,

but your epidermis is showing!

[Padraig18]

17. Did you know?

Hi father AND grandfather were BOTH philatelists! Scandalous! :P

[whirlygigspin]

19. thank you for the levity

Good timing, as I was feeling somewhat nympholeptic.

[Capn Sunshine]

20. I do!

He probably had that on his report card in the fifth grade.

"Howard plays well with others, perspicacious" :)

[shance]

21. This beats a crossword anyday.

:)

[Clete]

22. Whoever becomes the candidate and

hopefully the President, what a joy it will be to have an intelligent one.

[Octafish]

23. If you mean "especially smart," no.

If you mean "excessively sweaty," yes.

[chromotone]

24. The first time I heard this word...

...was on an episode of "Leave It to Beaver." It was the story of Beaver's paper route, and Ward used it when talking with the Beav's supervisor.

The actual form of the word used was "perspicacity."

And who said you can't learn anything from TV?

[Hep]

30. I got it from a Simpsons episode

THe teacher strike episode.

[speckledgator]

25. Does

that mean he sweats like hell? *clueless blonde floridian*

[MISSDem]

27. my dictionary simply says adj. able to perceive or understand

keenly. So he is not that since he does not understand that people have to like you before they will vote for you, ie, feel their pain.

[Iverson]

28. more luminous than lugubrious

... and more sanguine than mendacious.

I hope that helps.

[realFedUp]

29. keenly so.

astute also.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

31. Shrewd yes. but not to be confused with intelligent

Let's look at the synonyms: shrewd, argute, astucious, astute, cagey, heady, sagacious, savvy (m-w.com)

[Hep]

32. Yeah because everyone knows

You can't be intelligent AND a doctor.

You're disdain for Dean is all too apparent in your INability to refrain from posting some insult in a thread about him.

You're black heart is on your sleeve.

[newyawker99]

40. *argute* is not in my dictionary.

:shrug: :-(

[salin]

41. hehe... its what DUers do over candidates

they argute.

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[Hep]

34. For instance?

And such flip flops include...

Always the allegation, never the evidence. How (not) odd.

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[Hep]

36. medicare defense?

What is medicare defense? I looked up "cut medicare defense" in google and got nothing.

If you're talking about cutting medicare GROWTH, TEN YEARS AGO, then you would be right, except that Dean's support of cutting medicare growth is something that Clinton DID, proving that if you balance the budget, the economy improves and you keep things like SS and Medicare SOLVENT. FACT: In Vermont, Dean expanded medicare and medicaid as part of his providing affordable health care to 99% of people under 18 and 92% of adults.

He was never aginst funding medicare. And he considered cutting it's growth as an effort to keep it solvent. Clinton proved to him that you don't have to cut iut as much to keep it going. Fix the economy and fix the problems that come about as a result of a bad economy. Pretty simple.

Even then, that was what he was thinking a DECADE ago. He's not for it now because he LEARNED. I suppose from your incredibly well reasoned and fair posts that you are against learning?

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[Cat Atomic]

38. Well, hopefully he's not ophiophagous.

In the gigantomachy that is the presidential race, a ophiophagous guy just wouldn't cut it.

Pardon my witzelsucht.

[dae]

39. Yall gotz ta stop, I is getin dizzy!

Per`spi`ca´cious a. 1. Having the power of seeing clearly; quick­sighted; sharp of sight.

[BlueCollar]

42. well obviously...based on that definition

he doesn't have the pResident's penchant for prevarication