Egghead and Blockheads

[babylonsister]

This is amazing; Perry actually brags about his lousy grades; he brags about being in the top 10 of his class, of 13? :wtf:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/18/opinion/sunday/dowd-egghead-and-blockheads.html?_r=1&src=tp&smid=fb-share

Egghead and Blockheads
By MAUREEN DOWD
Published: September 17, 2011

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The Republicans are now the “How great is it to be stupid?” party. In perpetrating the idea that there’s no intellectual requirement for the office of the presidency, the right wing of the party offers a Farrelly Brothers “Dumb and Dumber” primary in which evolution is avant-garde.

Having grown up with a crush on William F. Buckley Jr. for his sesquipedalian facility, it’s hard for me to watch the right wing of the G.O.P. revel in anti-intellectualism and anti-science cant.

Sarah Palin, who got outraged at a “gotcha” question about what newspapers and magazines she read, is the mother of stupid conservatism. Another “Don’t Know Much About History” Tea Party heroine, Michele Bachmann, seems rather proud of not knowing anything, simply repeating nutty, inflammatory medical claims that somebody in the crowd tells her.

So we’re choosing between the overintellectualized professor and blockheads boasting about their vacuity?

The occupational hazard of democracy is know-nothing voters. It shouldn’t be know-nothing candidates.

[BlueJazz]

1. One of my present pleasures is knowing that the site I visit often (DU)..

...is filled full of intelligent, caring, thoughtful people/voters.

The other side must be a pitiful existence.

[Cirque du So-What]

2. It's an expectation on this site

Employing widely varying degrees of civility, DUers will let one another know - in a big hurry - if they're mistaken about ANYthing (one lives dangerously when neglecting to use SpellCheck), but it's far preferable to the practice at you-know-where, where willful ignorance is encouraged and reinforced.

On edit: gotta keep the Grammar Police happy, boyYEE!