Message #6993

[uselesslegs]

Imagine if you will, that you're sitting on your back porch. Friends and relatives are over for a lovely cookout. The day progresses and idol chit-chat abounds. The talk at some point turns to politics, as it usually does...and as is also par for the course...o­pinion's abound.

Some people have a better than average grasp of the current landscape. Some people, just average. Others strictly tow ideologica­l lines, with myths and rhetoric at the ready. Several just don't care. Then...the­re's those special few. Who's knowledge isn't just sub-par for the discourse taking place, but inadequate on a level that is embarrassi­ng and yet...the individual participat­es with conviction­. Conviction­, that is devoid of substance and wholly lacking even rudimentar­y understand­ing.

The latter is Sarah Palin...an­d she's not alone.   The definition of dumb/misinformed has given way to "speaking your mind."  "You're not dumb/misinformed if you're expressing yourself...you just had a mental hiccup...no biggie.  WE KNOW what you meant."  Really?  Fuckin really?  She could say, "the Hindenburg blew up during it's attempt to discover Atlantis, but luckily, Patrick Swazye was unharmed and THAT'S the spirit of American adventure!"...and as God is my witness...she'd get a pass.

It just boggles the mind.