“This is what we Americans want. They don’t want someone who is frankly, um, necessarily gone to Harvard or an Ivy League school. She probably hasn’t been to a Georgetown cocktail party, but you know what… she represents everything that we want to see in government in America. Change… and reform, and ethics… and taking on the special interests. That’s what people want today, that’s what she has to offer and tonight’s performance will I think convince a lot of Americans… and a lot of this other stuff is going to go away immediately.”
RT - sadly, you are probably correct on this - that people don't want the most qualified but the one who is most like them. In this case . . . dumb like them.
When asked on national prime time Television about her perspectives on Bush Doctrine, Sheena answered firmly and decisively: "Brazilian".
ReplyDeleteMight be fun to contrast her interview with this.
ReplyDelete“This is what we Americans want. They don’t want someone who is frankly, um, necessarily gone to Harvard or an Ivy League school. She probably hasn’t been to a Georgetown cocktail party, but you know what… she represents everything that we want to see in government in America. Change… and reform, and ethics… and taking on the special interests. That’s what people want today, that’s what she has to offer and tonight’s performance will I think convince a lot of Americans… and a lot of this other stuff is going to go away immediately.”
RT - sadly, you are probably correct on this - that people don't want the most qualified but the one who is most like them. In this case . . . dumb like them.
ReplyDeleteI think we’ve finally hit the absolute nadir of stupidity...
ReplyDeleteOr maybe not.
I see from a more recent post by CC that there’s a whole sub-floor of idiocy just waiting to be explored.
A case in point.
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