Elevating Ignorance Comes Back To Bite The GOP (Oliver Willis)

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http://www.oliverwillis.com/2011/11/16/elevating-ignorance-comes-back-to-bite-the-gop/

The conservative movement, particularly its modern American element, has celebrated ignorance. From Barry Goldwater’s support for using nuclear weapons in Vietnam to Sarah Palin describing “what newspapers and magazines did you regularly read?” as a “gotcha” question.

The pinnacle of conservative ignorance was, of course, the never-ending support of an obvious moron in the guise of George W. Bush for president. Watching the GOP campaign, they are now realizing they may have gone too far with putting stupid up on a pedestal:

“It is an ‘Animal House.’ It’s a food fight,” said Kenneth Duberstein, a chief of staff to President Ronald Reagan. “Honestly, the Republican debates have become a reality show. People have to be perceived as being capable of governing this country, of being the leader of the free world.”

Even before his “oops” moment in one of the debates last week, Gov. Rick Perry of Texas stumbled his way through an answer about Pakistan and nuclear weapons. Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota has offered a series of historical goofs. And after mistakenly saying China does not have nuclear weapons, Herman Cain on Monday painfully gave an answer to a question about Libya in which he all but acknowledged having little grasp of the military actions that took place there.

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[bbgrunt]

1. On the contrary--the dumbing down is what they want.

A low information populace is much easier to enslave and control. They are still trying to put reality down the memory hole.

[Doctor_J]

4. Exactly. I keep hearing how the Repukes have "overplayed their hand"

on every sort of issue. In fact, the stupider America becomes, the better off are their electoral prospects, and that goes forever.

[elleng]

9. Dumbing down of populace is what they want

(see rover's winning election strategy, early concentration on least well-educated Americans/states.) 'Appeal' of dumb candidates MAY be an unintended consequence of the earlier strategy, coming to bite them in the a**. Sure HOPE so!

[Fuddnik]

2. I'm going to sell "I'm with Stupid" t-shirts at the Republican convention.

I'll make a brazillion!

[Wait Wut]

3. While I agree 100%, and enjoy the feeling of being on the "intellectual" side...

...it also scares the livin' bejeebus outta me.

[Bill USA]

5. RECOMMENDED!

[applegrove]

6. I'm glad he called G.W.Bush a moron. I wish someone would call the GOP base morons.

[blkmusclmachine]

7. You betcha:

;-)

[yellowcanine]

8. "In what regard Charlie?", "oops", "I don't know, do you?" "Libya?"

:rofl: