last night

Someone said, in all seriousness, that he thought I'd like Palin. He was surprised I did not. He then went on to explain that he thought she'd be a good President because she'd pick good advisers.

I pointed out that it's already clear she doesn't pick good advisers because 1. you can see who she's picked and they're not intelligent or experts at anything and 2. her performance during the debate and the election in general through now have shown no marked improvement of understanding the issues.

He told me, and again, this was serious, "She doesn't HAVE to know anything. That's why she's smart."

I should point out that this gentleman is a fairly moderate, gay man.

Now, if people like this guy buy into this "less is more" crap when it comes to intelligence and knowledge, then how do we win? When someone's prime qualification is LACK of qualification, how do we win? Have we become, as a country, so backwards that we're actually looking for a leader that makes us appear smarter in comparison? Have we taken down the pedestal because instead of giving us something to aspire to, it reminds us of our own failings so instead we (mixing metaphors) lower the bar and call ourselves successes?