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Unthinking Dimwits

Bob Herbert of the New York Times is scared, and he thinks we too should be very afraid.

While watching the Sarah Palin interview with Charlie Gibson Thursday night, and the coverage of the Palin phenomenon in general, I?ve gotten the scary feeling, for the first time in my life, that dimwittedness is not just on the march in the U.S., but that it might actually prevail.

And in her column yesterday Maureen Down of the New York Times thinks McCain-Palin voters don?t think.

An Arctic blast of action has swept into the 2008 race, making thinking passé. We don?t really need to hurt our brains studying the world; we just need the world to know we?re capable of bringing a world of hurt to the world if the world continues to be hell-bent on misbehaving.

If the Times isn?t careful, pretty soon people may get the idea that it regards McCain-Palin supporters as unthinking dimwits.

Oh, wait....

Full post as published by Discriminations on September 15, 2008 (boomark / email).