From the mouths of babes

Having grown sick and tired of watching political news, I just switched channels briefly to our 24/7 hi-def art history channel, which was discussing the painting The Resurrection by Pierro della Francesca in Sansepolcro, Italy. At one point, they showed an Italian first grade teacher discussing the painting with her class. The teacher explained that a famous Englishman named Aldous Huxley once said that The Resurrection was the "greatest painting in the world." All the other kids were saying their "ooohs and ahhhs," but one perspicacious first grader timidly raised his hand in the back of the room and instantly deflated the whole thing by asking the obvious, "This Englishman, had he seen all the paintings in the world?"

Good for that kid. Why can't a few Americans ask similarly insightful questions about John McCain's choice of vice president? What kind of flake would pick a total non-entity with no real education and no real experience to by a heartbeat away from the president? Ah, but who cares about experience, intelligence, education? As long as she's good looking, can talk soccer mom stuff to the women and flirt with the men, she's fine to be president. Just like our best beer drinking buddy ...

If there was any campaign in history that demonstrated the stupidity of the average American, it's this one.