The Carpetbagger Report doesn't think really highly of Fred's intellect.Fred Thompson has officially thrown his hat in the ring, and some people have noticed that he appears to be a pathetic lightweight who can’t articulate a coherent stand on many issues. Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus noted recently that Thompson often substitutes pithy sayings for actual policy stands.
Marcus lists a few in her column. Here’s Thompson on national security: “We do whatever’s necessary, hitch up our britches and come out the other end.” On domestic programs, he worries that too much is being spent while “the politicians kick the can down the road.”
But before we get all excited about Thompson imploding because he’s an idiot, it is important to remember that we live in the United States. In just about any other civilized country, inane comments like this would consign a candidate to political oblivion.
In America, we have a long history of embracing buffoons whose moronic comments are interpreted as deep, homespun wisdom. (Read Jerzy Kosinski’s novel “Being There” and remember that it was written before the rise of Ronald Reagan.) If the last seven years have taught us anything, it’s that being utterly clueless is no bar to the highest office in the land.
Fred's IQ is nothing like Romney's, but neither is the average American's.
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