Joe Six Pack

Palin is not qualified to be VP.  This is just a silly argument at this point.  Neither was Bush and look where that got us.  I have a standard rule of thumb that I like to apply to those people who seek the highest public office in this country---they should be smarter then me---.  This is not to say I am some smart know-it-all.  Rather I am just an fairly well educated fairly clued in citizen.  Palin is a moron.  Bush is a moron.  McCain, Biden, & Obama are not dumb.   I have my disagreements with all of them but Palin is DUMB.

Back to my headline.  I am really offended by this phrase she likes to use all the time "Joe Six Pack".  I take that as offensive because who really is Joe Six Pack and who wants to be referred to as that? Is this to say that most of our country are lame people who just sit around and watch TV and drink a six pack every night?  Not really capable of a free thought.  Not smart enough to determine right from wrong.  Not aware when they are being lied to.  Not aware that times are tough.  Not aware that our kids are dying in Iraq when they should be killing Bin Laden in Afganistan or Pakistan.

I will concede that there are plenty of people who drink a six pack on the couch every night but even those people do not want to be called Joe Six Pack.  Even those people like to think they are smarter then their neighbor and more moral or more understanding of our differences.

Palin is dumbing down America.  We used to be proud to be the smartest most productive country in the world.  Now we are content to be Joe Six Pack