Pandemic of Stupid

In just a few days America will get to carry out a bloodless coup, and then we will see how bad this pandemic will be. It feels to me this year in particular has more than its fair share of stupid people running for office, including some not running for office but saying stupid things. What seems to appeal to the Republican base, more specifically to the Tea Party, is this whole anti-intellectual, anti-elitism strain of politician. The base of the GOP is nominating people who are simply stupid, and this year it is a bumper crop of stupid. It seems to me that if a political party relies on a base composed of anti-intellectuals, is seems to track that soon those same people will try their hand at governance. Sarah Palin, Christine O’Donnell and Michelle Bachman have tried to corner the market with their stupid anti-intellectual gibberish, O’Donnell trying hard to shed her witch image by making commercials saying she is one of the voters. The Republican party is soon to find itself in a no win situation, with the way their primaries are going lately the only people able to run through the Republican gantlet are Tea Party members who try and out stupid each other in order to Identify with the lowest common denominator. Soon we will see how easy it is to win in the Republican primary, but how hard it is to win in a general election. I do not think that most of the Tea Party candidates will lose because of their conservative stance. Everyone is entitled to their own ideology, rather I think they will lose because deep down inside most voters realize being a politician is not an easy job, and it is not one that should be so casually given to anyone who is stupid and demonstrates their stupidity time and time again. So let’s hope that the smart people prevail in November so we can move past this Tea Party with no hangovers and next morning regrets.