The big deal here is not just Mr. Obama's orientation. Republican front-runner John McCain comes from the same, left-leaning 10 percent to 15 percent of the population. It's becoming clearer by the day -- unless every right-hander in Texas, Ohio and Pennsylvania votes for Mrs. Clinton -- that the next president will be left-handed.
A really interesting question is whether there is any connection between left handed people and creative genius. Some of history's most creative minds have been left-handed.
In the category of art, both Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo were left handed. In the category of music, Ludwig van Beethoven was left handed. In the field of science and invention, you find Benjamin Franklin, Isaac Newton, and Albert Einstein.
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Bobby Fisher, the modern chess genius, is left handed. So too musical geniuses Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, and Wynton Marsalis.
Each of the these persons had a mind so exceptional as to be head and shoulders above anyone else in their field.
And then there's the case of Ronald Reagan. He wrote with his right hand, but discussion has abounded that he was switched from his natural tendencies when he was young by strict schoolteachers. It has been pointed out that he slapped Angie Dickinson with his left hand in the film "The Killers," which is what a lefty would do.
Ms Manners says it's okay to slap Angie Dickenson with either hand.
ReplyDeleteFor the record, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Ross Perot were ALL lefties. As are both surviving Beatles.
dear squat,
ReplyDeletescience believes it has found the gene that makes 10% of us left-handed... they are till looking for the gene that makes 60% of us authoritarian followers. let's hope they find it soon.
Being a lefty may be hazardous to your schizophrenia.
Have a nice constitutional.