Actually, Amos knows a number of people who are clearly and unequivocally smarter than he is.

Usually they can be recognized by their contributions to intelligent conversations. They raise dialogue to higher levels of quality, rather than dragging it down into the grungy back alleys of generalized negativity and character assassination.

I have allowed myself to do a little character assassination on Bush, but -- hell, it was a victimless crime, as he had so little in the first place.

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