Thursday, November 28, 2013

The American Idol Electorate; Holding popularity contests is not the wisest way to select the leader of the free world.

I have a leftist (so he says, though I suspect he just likes to argue and taunt) relative who, when I asked him to name all the reasons Obama should be in the White House, said, "there are fifty million reasons why". That pretty well lines up with the fact that an incompetent electorate will elect an incompetent president.

Charles Cook  ...  "Meanwhile, 56 percent of the public say that he does not inspire confidence, the very same percentage has noticed that the president does not agree with them on issues that are important to them, and only 44 percent profess to “admire” him. His approval ratings, meanwhile, are hovering around the 40 percent mark — and moving in the wrong direction to boot.

"But here’s the kicker: Americans are still fond of him anyway."

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