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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...what end? So much promise, to no great purpose." Clinton returned fire at the Democratic Convention in Boston last month. "Strength and wisdom," he declared, "are not opposing values." That was his delicate version of the venomous bumper sticker: BUSH: LIKE A ROCK, ONLY DUMBER. But lest John Kerry get smug, Clinton is the guy who warned his fellow Democrats in December 2002 that voters in dangerous times may prefer a candidate who is strong and wrong to one who is weak and right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside The Mind Of George W. Bush | 9/6/2004 | See Source »

...paradigm on this subject equates crowds with mindless mobs (the bigger the mob, the dumber and more dangerous)--think of lemmings or the Gadarene swine that Jesus sent off the cliff. The old paradigm, no doubt elitist and authoritarian, cherishes the brilliant individual (Leonardo da Vinci or Isaac Newton, who reinvented the universe while hiding from the plague in a country house...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Triumph of the Masses | 5/24/2004 | See Source »

...Kill Bill: Volume One all have the key ingredients of a successful summer blockbuster, but all were judged too intelligent to take on such a heavy load, and were thus advertised as magnets for awards rather than audiences. Given the sort of massive promotional push reserved for bigger, dumber movies, these films could easily have quadrupled their final grosses...

Author: By Ben B. Chung and Ben Soskin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: How to Cure the Blockbuster Syndrome | 4/9/2004 | See Source »

...Congress has gotten so much dumber it’s embarrassing,” he said. “There has been a collapse of Congress. It’s an incredible failure. A staggering failure...

Author: By Matt J. Amato and Seth H. Robinson, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: Goldsmith Award Winner Criticizes Bush Administration | 3/12/2003 | See Source »

HUMILIATION The harder you try, the dumber you look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Office Humor: Profit in Parody | 12/9/2002 | See Source »

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