Dumb is good?

I just watched one of my favorite programs, and I promise I will remember which one next time, I will watch with a notepad by me.

Anyway, he was talking about Jan Brewer of AZ and her less than brilliant appearance on TV. I was actually embarrassed for her, felt sorry for her, in fact. This was a debate with opponents for re-election and surely she had not only lost but embarrassed herself in the process. Oh yes, it was Keith Olbermann. How could I forget the hilarity of the headless corpses.

At any rate, his guest, Howard Finemann I believe, said nope this woman was still going to win. Apparently the American public no longer expects their elected officials to do well in debates, to talk to the media, or to exhibit any intellegence whatsoever (my words not his, but that the gist of what I got out of it)

Any dummy who is willing to hook up with the tea party can be propped up by them and their astroturf funding without having any qualifications at all. No wonder our schools are in such trouble. What good are brains in this society? Thinking people might figure out who is taking their money from them. Better to keep them stupid and avoid the media.

I lost a whole lot of sleep over this. I really want to quit watching our country get flushed down the toilet, esp now with Republicans poised to win and take out Social Security (hey the Dems might too for all I know, but with the GOP its a sure thing). And take us further down the road of tax cuts for the wealthy and dismantling our country's infrastructure and schools. I am looking for a light at the end of this tunnel and it appears we are turning around back the way we came, DEEPER into the tunnel.

Smart used to be cool, Sexy in fact. I like smart. I want my elected representatives to be smart. How else would he/she represent me? I am not stupid. Maybe people are afraid that smart equates to smart enough to pull one over on them. I know there is some of that going on too. But dont throw the baby out with the bathwater. We need smart And transparency too.