Reply #16: Whoa, are you off base. [View All]

[HopeHoops]

An independent body subject to oversight IS a "somebody". And the voter IQ thing is silly at best. We subject judicial nominees to scrutiny of their knowledge and opinions and yet the very people doing said scrutiny are often blatantly ignorant of the very document they expect the nominees to interpret. It is reasonable to expect that those making the laws of the country be at least reasonably knowledgeable of the Constitution and that is clearly not the case. When someone like the shrub can actually hold the office of president and a twit like Palin can come within range of becoming vice president, we've got a major problem. And here I thought Quayle was bad.

We already have different standards for those holding office and those who may cast votes. There's no "slope", slippery or otherwise.