How crazy is this?
It seemed like yesterday I was having a conversation with someone about Sarah Palin's candidacy and I told this person that what most irritates me is that the candidate is the epitome of mediocrity. She has the intellectual capacity and curiosity of a fruit fly, but the TelePrompTer reading skills of a pro. She could see Russia from her window, but she can't see clearly enough to formulate intelligent views on the economy, foreign policy, the environment or most any important issue.
It's especially troubling in a country which supposedly values education, but -- as evidenced by the voting trends the last two presidential elections -- devalues intellectualism.
Thankfully, a Newsweek columnist takes a swipe at Palinmania and confirms what all of us who take pride in our intellectual prowess already know: Intelligence does not equal snobbery and being well-read does not make us out of touch. Check it out:
newsweek.com
1 comment:
such an idiot:
http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/
From Katie Couric's interview with Sarah Palin:
COURIC: You've said, quote, "John McCain will reform the way Wall Street does business." Other than supporting stricter regulations of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac two years ago, can you give us any more example of his leading the charge for more oversight?
PALIN: I think that the example that you just cited, with his warnings two years ago about Fannie and Freddie--that, that's paramount. That's more than a heck of a lot of other senators and representatives did for us.
COURIC: But he's been in Congress for 26 years. He's been chairman of the powerful Commerce Committee. And he has almost always sided with less regulation, not more.
PALIN: He's also known as the maverick though. Taking shots from his own party, and certainly taking shots from the other party. Trying to get people to understand what he's been talking about--the need to reform government.
COURIC: I'm just going to ask you one more time, not to belabor the point. Specific examples in his 26 years of pushing for more regulation?
PALIN: I'll try to find you some and I'll bring them to you.
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