I'm not particularly intellectual, and there are many things about which I'm uneducated. I try not to pretend that I know more about certain subjects than I really do, economics for example. One thing I do know is that the world is a complicated place, and it's getting more complex by the minute. I realize that, and I want government leaders who do as well.
Recognizing complexity in the modern world is not my unique gift but in the USA in general, and Texas in particular, it definitely puts me in the minority. It seems like the majority of Americans see the world in lowest-common-denominator terms, where everything is either good or bad, black or white, right or wrong. They want simple answers to every question, and apparently lack an interest in or capability for hashing out the pros and cons on difficult issues. High gas prices ? Let's drill offshore. Simple, short, and to the point.
People who bloviate about politics as paid professionals are universally praising Ace McCain's performance at Saddleup last Saturday evening, and "performance" is the correct description. Did he say anything he hasn't said a hundred times before in prepared speeches ? I doubt it. Did he say anything that wasn't a carefully-crafted sound bite ? Not much.
As long as simple-minded people insist on voting for scumbags they believe to be as dumb as themselves, we'll continue to have leadership problems in this country and I might as well learn to live with it.
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