Why do Republicans prefer ignoramuses to head their tickets?

[BurtWorm]

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1. they run their best and brightest

it's just that their best and brightest are still ignoramuses.

or is it 'ignorami'? ;)

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

2. A demagogue pretends to be as stupid as his audience

so his audience will think they are as clever as he.

[BurtWorm]

3. Is that what Arnold is doing?

I thought he was just plain dim.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

4. Because 'looks' and posture and 'style' trump substance

besides idiot boy, another good example is that idiot they ran against Landrieu in La. Suzy Terrell.
They have no problem doing whatever it takes to fill the office.
Fill the nomination, fill the suit, fill it full of good old BS smoke and mirrors.

[lostnfound]

5. Plausible Deniability

I didn't know...I had no knowledge..as far as I knew..it was impossible to predict..I'm a simple man..I see things in black and white..because they hate our freedom..I'm too stupid to be in it for the money..I have a pure heart..Americans are lucky to have someone like her / like him..we are winning the war on terror.

[BurtWorm]

8. You've just written Bush boy's war crimes defense!

[soleft]

6. Because they can be used as puppets by powerful behind scenes players

Sorry, I just saw that this is one of the poll options. Factor in one less for Other and put it under the manipulation column

[BurtWorm]

9. I'll vote "manipulation" for you

even though I probably would have voted for that myself. ;)

[RichM]

7. I strongly disagree with the choice that's now in the lead - that

"ignoramuses are easily manipulated." Bush is no puppet. He has a definite class interest in the policies he advocates. No one has to "manipulate" him, because he's been raised his whole life to represent exactly those class interests that benefit from what he does. Make no mistake -- he's "into" it.

He needs tutoring on what to say, & on subjects that require facts, of course. But the underlying philosophy is something he wholly subscribes to.

[BurtWorm]

10. That's exactly what Al Franken and Mark Crispin Miller say

and they're pretty damned convincing. So which one would you vote for--or what is your explanation for this phenomenon?

[bushisanidiot]

11. Because Their Base Can Feel Like They Really Know Him

and they are just like him, etc.. it's that stupid old "who would you like to have a beer with" standard that the repukes have. Intelligence or experience has nothing to do with it.

[Terwilliger]

12. other: because the Republicans are ignoramuses in search of a leader

[BurtWorm]

13. Good one!

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