Probably, but I think it has salience in the original-post context of George W. Bush. I’m not entirely sure how the son of a career politician oil magnate could be non-ironically described as having ‘street’-anything.
He clearly has some smarts of some denomination. My point is that he’s successfully graduated from one of the best educations money can buy. If apologists feel the need to draw attention to his ‘street smarts’ then something, somewhere, has gone a bit wrong.
Probably, but I think it has salience in the original-post context of George W. Bush. I’m not entirely sure how the son of a career politician oil magnate could be non-ironically described as having ‘street’-anything.
He might not have “street smarts” but his people skills were good enough to get him the nomination.
He clearly has some smarts of some denomination. My point is that he’s successfully graduated from one of the best educations money can buy. If apologists feel the need to draw attention to his ‘street smarts’ then something, somewhere, has gone a bit wrong.