Think about the stupidest conservative you personally know, like a family member or Facebook friend.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

39. It doesn't even have to be your own Facebook friend. It could be a friend of a friend...

....with whom your acquainted, and upon viewing their page with morbid curiosity, you are astonished at the lack of political knowledge on that person's part.

For example, there was a kid I went to school with named Dusty. I didn't know him real well, but was acquainted with him. Never had any real issues with him. He did come off as a little bit of a village idiot type, not taking anything in life real seriously and was essentially a naïve yet harmless jackass. Think the Ziggy Sobatka character from The Wire (before he shot the Greek's guys). Never had a remote inkling of any interest in politics or anything deep at all.

Well, Dusty grew up. Sort of. I never bothered to friend him on Facebook, but his posts would sometimes pop up on my feed since some of my friends were friends with him. Apparently Ziggy--I mean Dusty--got himself married, procreated, and is gainfully employed spinning records at the local bar as "DJ Dusty". Which, hey, I'm happy for him. Good for him in that department.

Except that DJ Dusty has found his political soul. The problem being, his political soul is a moron. His page is littered with stories from "The Tea Party News Network", Ted Nugent, memes saying "Liberalism is a Mental Illness," Rand Paul quotes, and statements such as, "Damn shame for Selma that it came out at the same time as a movie people actually want to see", "In all 57 States he's a Muslim" and "Do we have a new president today?" His most recent post was a cryptic "Scott Walker". Nothing else but "Scott Walker". I don't get it, either.

Plus he has plenty of non-political idiocy as well. Weird all caps phrases such as "TAKEYOSHIRTOFF!" and "UKNOWDAZZRITE!"

I would have hoped that maybe DJ Dusty would have gained some wisdom from his high school days. Sadly, he hasn't. He's actually stupider now than he was then. And frankly, his stupid jackassery was never the problem. There's nothing wrong if someone doesn't have the highest level of cognitive intelligence. However, a lack of political intelligence is inexcusable. I mean, look at Ben Carson. He's got a brilliant medical mind that most of us could only dream to have and has achieved great things as a doctor. And yet politically, the man's a complete dunce.

But looking at Sarah Palin, and looking at DJ Dusty, I honestly see no difference. No difference whatsoever. And I'm sure everyone on this board probably has at least one idiotic acquaintance who is essentially interchangeable with the former Alaskan Governor and Vice Presidential nominee.