Dumb? Yes, but not him!

Republican spokesperson?

He then railed against certain Bush critics: "They say to me, 'You know, I met the president and he is actually much smarter in person.' Well of course he is! Do you think the president of the United States gets elected without being able to read and write?" The grudging silence from the reporters across the table spoke for itself.

No, the deputy chairman of the German Deomcratic Union.  From Galley Slaves.

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[Tim]

I'll grant him the reading and writing. It's his reasoning processes that give me doubts.