The Depths of Palin's Ignorance

[Rosa Luxemburg]

....which is why they've (the McCain campaign) spent the last month trying to stuff Sarah Palin full of plausible sound bites of information, so she can at least pretend to know what she's talking about when she's asked questions about the federal government or foreign policy or economics or history, etc.

It's a cynical and incredibly reckless strategy, especially given McCain's age and precarious health. (McCain's odds of dying of natural causes in the next four years are, conservatively speaking, at least one in seven).

It's a sign of how successfully political know-nothingism has been exploited in America that it's even necessary to say this: To do a decent job, the president of the United States needs to be vastly more educated and knowledgeable than the average American.

This is a necessary, though far from sufficient, requirement. And, as Palin's cringe-inducing performance on the national stage illustrates, there are plenty of politicians who are no more qualified to be president than I am to be an NBA power forward.

Consider that the most recent of Tina Fey's hilarious yet horrifying Saturday Night Live parodies of Palin included merely repeating, word for word, one of Palin's rambling and nonsensical answers to CBS interviewer Katie Couric's questions.

That fact by itself ought to disqualify John McCain from the office he seeks.


(the author: Paul Campos is a professor of law at the University of Colorado).

and for good measure here is a revealing comment from a foreigner. As you can see we Americans have become a laughing stock throughout the world!

Jeremy_UK writes:

I think that many this side of the pond wonder how educated is the average American?

1. Many seem to be confused regarding geographical or religious awareness?
2. They voted in G. W. Bush - not the most educated or maybe not the most well read.
3. It seems that being a prisoner of war equips you to know the right strategy for the military.

Sarah Palin is the choice of a man who beleives that Americans will beleive anything but knows that people are led by appearances not by substance. Note the view of Jackie Mason on his blog on You Tube and you will see.

By the way our Town in the UK has 10,000 people our Mayor is the local Antique salesman. Maybe he should be getting himself ready - he certainly knows his Wedgewood from his Chinese porcelain.


http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/oct/01/campos-out-of-control-populism/