Meet The Candidates: 2012 GOP Thread

[hooskins]

Originally Posted by saden1

You don't have to be dumb to support Palin and I would argue that the expectation on the left isn't that you go to the best schools in the country but rather you can freely discuss any topic related to governing without guttering the discussion with nonsensical statements. Trump is a perfect example of someone who couldn't possible lead with statements like "you're not gonna raise that ****ing' price!" Frankly such statements and much of what Palin says are deeply insulting much in the same way as someone spitting in your face. I suppose we could strive to be less easily offended much like Palin's supporters.

Speaking of someone who is insulting, Anthony Weiner is another politician who couldn't possibly lead not because of his indiscretions but because of this:

Agreed. Just look at some of the videos of her supporters. They are uneducated and just plain dumb. They are the people that think Obama is an African born Muslim. Seriously?? Talk about uneducated and misinformed.

I don't see why the party of economic conservatives have to subject themselves to stupidity (social conservatism). Ah the two party system.

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by hooskins

Agreed. Just look at some of the videos of her supporters. They are uneducated and just plain dumb. They are the people that think Obama is an African born Muslim. Seriously?? Talk about uneducated and misinformed.

I don't see why the party of economic conservatives have to subject themselves to stupidity (social conservatism). Ah the two party system.

The party has come a long way from William F. Buckley and Barry Goldwater -- today, they seem to wear simple-minded ignorance as a badge of honor. Intelligence and reflective thought is something to be shunned as far as they're concerned.

Very sad, but obviously, they see the numbers, and Stupidus Americanus outnumbers intellectuals as a voting bloc today -- and that's what everybody should find alarming.