Quote of the Day

I despise the idea of the “everyman” politician, the idea that we want someone who resembles the normative American running the country. The problem is that most Americans, normative or otherwise, are as deeply uninformed as Palin. There’s just too much to digest in the work or crafting good policy.

We all have jobs to go to, kids to raise and lives to live. We simply don’t have the time to be experts. But, that’s what we need but never ask of our leaders. We need people who can become well informed on the issues on which they vote. This idea that any schmuck can be a leader results in us electing people who don’t care about policy.

-- Thomas, on Sadly, No!