Is Bush Still Too Dumb to Be President?

The LA Times is running an opinion piece by Jonathan Chait. In the article, Chait contends that it isn't just that Bush isn't smart -- the man "disdains intellectuals." In the last election for example, the Democrats refrained from attacking Bush's lack of intelligence, but the Republicans had no problems attacking Kerry's intelligence -- they dismissed his arguments as being too intellectual. Kerry's intelligence was seen was disadvantage. Bush was seen as a regular guy. That dumb, folksy, down-home, country-hick persona of Bush's seem to appeal to the regular Americans. Americans, and I suspect Canadians are no different, seem to prefer dumb people. You can see this in school kids. Being smart is different -- especially when most kids are just plain dumb. It's a phenomena that I can't understand. Society as a whole seems to value stupidity over intelligence.

Don't believe me? Turn on your TV.