And the answer might not be in post #56.
Dubya never did anything for himself except get busted for drunk driving.
Dubya was smart enough to come from a very powerful family. And that's were the intelligence ends. That's not to say there were no voters less intelligent than Bush.

That's a dang shame.

Herbert Hoover was a mining engineer before he got into politics. I think he did ok.

Woodrow Wilson had a PhD. Ran for re-election on the platform of "He kept us out of war" then got us into WWI. We had no dog in that fight until Wilson stopped being neutral and began favoring Britain.

Then we have the clowns who had a JD and got into the presidency. Recently we have Nixon, Clinton and Obama. Crook, narcissist, and whiner.

JD? What is that please?

Jurisprudence degree?

Juris Doctorate.

Law.

OK.

Thanks!