Let's Elect the Dumbest Guys Again - It Worked So Well Last Time

[Mortos]

The American public, by and large, are ignorant - and proudly so.

They don't research, they don't educate themselves on political issues, they don't even read bios or position statements. They get their news from sound bites, e-mail chain letters and blindly partisan talking heads. They revel in their ignorance. The wave it like a flag.

We just did an eight year experiment on what electing the dumb guy, the beer drinking buddy gets us and the results are in. Record debt, record expansion of government, a less effective government, corruption, failure and disrespect throughout the planet.

There are now two groups of people running with a real chance of winning. Let's look at their education credentials or their "smarts" for those who don't like multi-syllable words:

Barack Obama - Bachelor of ARts Occidental College/Columbia University
- Juris Doctor (JD) Harvard Law School


Joe Biden - Bachelor of Arts degree - University of Delaware
- Juris Doctor (JD) Syracuse University

Pretty fucking impressive.


John McCain - Bachelor of Science Naval Academy
- 1973 attempted graduate studies but, apparently didn't complete process

Sarah Palin - Cosmetology License 1984 (Just kidding, I think)
- Bachelor of Arts Journalism - University of Idaho at Boise

Not so impressive.

If you were going to hire a CEO to run a trillion dollar company, with millions of employees and 300 million customers whose future success or failures would directly impact not only the company but the entire planet, would you hire someone with a bachelors degree? Would you even look at that resume? Hell no. There are minimum requirements for jobs with this kind of responsibility and John McCain and especially Sarah Palin are both woefully under-educated to do this job. I know there are no Constitutional requirements for education but, come on!

I am a city employee and their are minimum education requirements on every job posting. Sarah Palin might be qualified to get a job in personnel but she couldn't even apply for city manager.

We need the smartest people in the room and the republican ticket ain't got 'em.

[SheilaT]

1. And it is relevant

to point out that McCain graduated something like fourth or fifth from the bottom of his class.

I also believe that when he attended the Naval Academy getting in was by appointment only. These days it is pretty academically competitive, and getting the appointment part is just a formality. If you've got what it takes and they want you, they'll make sure you get the appointment you need. What I'm getting at is I suspect the academic standards were lower back when McCain went than they are now, and so graduating at the very bottom of his class indicates a remarkably low level of academic achievement.

Don't know anything about the University of Idaho, but I'm guessing it's just your average public university in a sparsely populated state. Getting in isn't hard, staying in not difficult at all. That said, sticking around four years and completing a degree is not something everyone accomplishes.