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Rush Limbaugh fakes stupidity. - By Timothy Noah - Slate Magazine

“Ever since the resignation of Richard Nixon, a very smart man who got caught abusing his executive power, the GOP has deliberately avoided nominating conspicuously intelligent people for president. Gerald Ford was smarter than he looked, but he was unable to dispel his buffoonish image. Ronald Reagan was famously checked out and ill-informed. George H.W. Bush, though clearly smarter than Dubya, is not exactly imposing in the brains department, and he’s demonstrated almost as much difficulty as his son in formulating a coherent sentence. And George W. Bush? Let’s just say the guy is either mentally lazy, not very bright, or some combination of these two. I’ve never felt it necessary to refine that diagnosis; the term I favor is ‘functionally dumb.’”

This is so absolutely right. Why did people domesticate cows, sheep and goats? Because they’re docile creatures and can be controlled. The same thing happens in politics, and this guy nails it right on the head. Republicans have won the game by endorsing smart guys who appear too dumb to do wrong. Like Forrest Gump.

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