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I looked up the word "perception" and found this http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=perception

per·cep·tion ( P ) Pronunciation Key (pr-spshn)
n.
1. The process, act, or faculty of perceiving.
2. The effect or product of perceiving.
3. Psychology.
a. Recognition and interpretation of sensory stimuli based chiefly on memory.
b. The neurological processes by which such recognition and interpretation are effected.
4.
a. Insight, intuition, or knowledge gained by perceiving.
b. The capacity for such insight.

Don't you just love it when the first definition of a word uses a form of the word itself? BTW, 4 didn't have a title, just "a" and "b".

Anyway, I thought I'd post on the public perception of GWB.

1. He's stupid. How many stupid people graduate from Harvard with an MBA? It's not junior college, you don't get a degree from Harvard by paying tuition. Harvard actually expects it's graduate students to attend class and complete the assignments.

2. He can't talk. Do you think he might actually be thinking about what he's saying and looking for the right word or words to use? Maybe he's trying to "dumb down" his thoughts so that you can understand him.

3. He served in the National Guard. My father served in the National Guard - you wanna tell me his service didn't count? How about the service men and women serving in Iraq right now who were in their Guard units? You wanna tell them their service isn't important? And besides that, Bush flew a fighter jet. A job that takes nerve and intelligence.

4. He didn't complete his service. Not true, all his military records have been opened, people he served with have come forward and said he did. Did you serve?

Let's just leave it at that.