My friend Robert asked a question this morning about why it is that Americans and politicians find it so much more agreeable to be “Joe6Pack” or “HockeyMoms” than to be educated or “elite.” It’s a terrific question, and one that too many have spent a lot of time pondering. Call me an elitist or whatever you care to, but I am tired of Hacks being elected.
The current President of the United States is an intellectual hack, who staffed his White House with minions from Dick Cheney. That President’s intellectual incuriosity has cost our country thousands of lives. Last night, even though she cutely accused Obama-Biden’s campaign of looking backwards rather than being about change, Sarah Palin daftly only confirmed that. Governor Palin certainly did demonstrate she can repetitively use the word “maverick,” but she didn’t clearly answer questions nor did she respond to any statements Senator Biden made about her ticket’s being four more years of the same rubbish.
As I wrote about over the past few days: her bar was so low, all she had to do was not stumble over her talking-points. Fair enough, but this was what put her performance, in many people’s opinion, to bed: "Let's talk about the maverick John McCain is," Biden said. "And, again, I love him. He's been a maverick on some issues, but he has been no maverick on the things that matter to people's lives ... He's not been a maverick on virtually anything that genuinely affects the things that people really talk about around their kitchen table."
The current President of the United States is an intellectual hack, who staffed his White House with minions from Dick Cheney. That President’s intellectual incuriosity has cost our country thousands of lives. Last night, even though she cutely accused Obama-Biden’s campaign of looking backwards rather than being about change, Sarah Palin daftly only confirmed that. Governor Palin certainly did demonstrate she can repetitively use the word “maverick,” but she didn’t clearly answer questions nor did she respond to any statements Senator Biden made about her ticket’s being four more years of the same rubbish.
As I wrote about over the past few days: her bar was so low, all she had to do was not stumble over her talking-points. Fair enough, but this was what put her performance, in many people’s opinion, to bed: "Let's talk about the maverick John McCain is," Biden said. "And, again, I love him. He's been a maverick on some issues, but he has been no maverick on the things that matter to people's lives ... He's not been a maverick on virtually anything that genuinely affects the things that people really talk about around their kitchen table."
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