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Republicans Are Stupid
Last year, Democrat Senator Mazie Hirono said, “…we Democrats have a really hard time is connecting to people’s hearts.… But we have a really hard time doing that and one of the reasons it was told to me at one of our retreats was that we Democrats know so much, that is true. And we have kind of have to tell everyone how smart we are and so we have a tendency to be very left-brain.… That is not how people make decisions.”
So while Republicans don’t believe in science, the Democrats are the party of pure logic and reason, and they struggle to understand how the common people use emotions to make irrational decisions. Democrats consider themselves to be the party of intellect.
When Democrats hired an elderly Robert Mueller to investigate the President, it became obvious that Mr. Mueller was confused about the entire proceeding, and he didn’t understand what was in the report that bore his name. Then, they use an autistic teenager to explain climate science to us, and a Florida schoolchild with a learning disability to explain the social impact of gun control legislation. Democrat Congressman Hank Johnson expressed concern that Guam might capsize if development made it too top-heavy. And then was re-elected by intellectual Democrats. You might ask the Democrat presidential nominee why they keep using people with limited mental faculties to promote their agenda, but he doesn’t seem to know where he is. He’ll just get confused by your question, and call you a dog-faced pony soldier.
And if he wins the election in November, he’ll be in charge of the largest nuclear arsenal in the world.
You would think this dichotomy of their claimed brilliance, compared with their apparent cluelessness, would bother some Democrat voters. And it may. But I don’t think so.
With Democrats, if your heart is in the right place, then the details really don’t matter that much. I think. But honestly, I really don’t know. I don’t get it. You would think that a party of highly intelligent scientific geniuses would prefer to be represented by someone with a more dazzling intellect. Or, at least, with an intellect. But I don’t think it matters to them. At least, it appears not to matter to them.
Perhaps CNN’s intellectual Don Lemon could do a segment on this, and host a discussion with a guest from each party. Say, Lori Lightfoot and Ted Cruz. I don’t watch much CNN, but I’d watch that, even if I weren’t in an airport.
And it’s not just Democrat leaders. It’s the movement itself.
Conservatives can read Thomas Sowell, Milton Friedman, William F. Buckley Jr., or any number of other brilliant thinkers to learn about conservative thought. Meanwhile, the left has, um, Ta-Nehisi Coates? John Cusack? The only real thinker the left has is Karl Marx, and none of them have read him anyway. Which is ok, because he doesn’t make any sense and he died 140 years ago.
But Democrats are the intellectuals, and Republicans are stupid.
Right.
Published in General
Yes. Intelligence is often confused with wisdom. I prefer wisdom. There is very little (if any) wisdom in the democrtic party or the left.
Sorry, I’ve been late to the party recently.
Most of my Presbyterian friends are to the left of Bernie Sanders.
I’m sure there are other types of Presbyterian congregations out there. But based on my limited experience, they would appear to be rare. So good luck, Mark. I hope you can find a home. Finding a good church is difficult.
And wisdom cannot exist without humility. There is very little humility on the Left.
I always like the definition of “meek” as teachable. The Left is unteachable.
These days, I think it must be clean, freshly pressed clothing and a baseball bat…
And the misinformation is continually reinforced by daily reading of the Wash Post or NY Times. It endlessly frustrates me to hear conservatives who are still in the bubble quoting those two rags.
“The trouble with our Liberal friends is not that they’re ignorant; it’s just that they know so much that isn’t so.”
–-R. Reagan
So why did Johnson’s office put out a statement that he was taking drugs for an injury or medical treatment and that influenced his behavior? He looks more doped up than usual in the clip…