Vote for the hand that slaps you!!!

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Torvald Von Mansee

Of course, in the United States it's possible to be TOO smart and educated for some people.

That is an observation and comment made by many German and European observers about the cabinet of Obama: cold intellectualism is not what Americans feel attracted by. They want to link up emotionally as well (that's why Reagan was so popular, he somewhat mirrors Obama). It is lioke that with many voters in many countries, bvut I think in the US it seems to be extreme due to the differences of the American interpretation of the presdiency. In a way, to Americans the US president always appeared to be a surrogate for the monarch they once rejected - and emotionally regret that they did until today.

Frequently, the clearly stupid/uneducated will win in an election. Is there ANY other industrialized country where this sort of thing happens?

Yes - in all of the Western ones. But most people just act more cleverly in hiding their intellectual deficits or underhanded intentions. America only is probably a bit more extreme again.