How these gibbering numbskulls came to dominate Washington
The degradation of intelligence and learning in American politics results from a series of interlocking tragedies
How was it allowed to happen? How did politics in the US come to be dominated by people who make a virtue out of ignorance? Was it charity that has permitted mankind's closest living relative to spend two terms as president? How did Sarah Palin, Dan Quayle and other such gibbering numbskulls get to where they are? How could Republican rallies in 2008 be drowned out by screaming ignoramuses insisting that Barack Obama was a Muslim and a terrorist? Full Story »
Posted by Dwight Rousu
I think that 40% of any large population is ignorant and superstitious. In America, that happens to be the religious right. And because the USA is a democracy, that 40% has real power. A bad state of things, sure, but much better than the alternatives.