Liberals are more intelligent, but you knew that.

Liberals are more intelligent than conservatives. At least liberals think so. I don’t know why it is, but liberals think that they are smarter, worldlier and certainly more open minded than conservatives.

I’m taking a class at the Bay Area Glass Institute. The day after the election my instructor starts to tell me how smart President Elect Obama is. I responded that being intelligent is certainly something I would hope for and expect, but it doesn’t necessarily mean he will be a great President. Woodrow Wilson (PhD Princeton) is a good example. And remember how ‘smart’ Jimmy Carter is? After all, President Carter has a degree in engineering, and won a Nobel Peace Prize, just like that incredibly smart guy, Yasser Arafat.

I was paying 25% interest on my home loan during the Carter Administration. There was hyperinflation, high unemployment rates, and a deep recession. For all you uber-brilliant liberals, that’s known as stagflation. There were long gas lines and gas rationing. For everyone with a sociology degree, that’s known as the ‘what the fuck am I doing sitting in my car for 2 hours waiting for gas’ syndrome. After the Peanut Farmer in Chief indicated that he would rather talk than fight at every opportunity, the Soviets (that’s the Russians now, possums) invaded Afghanistan and spread their influence throughout Central and South America. The wise President Carter decided this would be the ideal time to give away the Panama Canal. But the coup de grace was Carter’s handling of Iran. He bailed on the Shah ushering in the Ayatollahs and 444 days of watching our US Embassy employees being held hostage. Thirty years later we are still dealing with the fallout from the blunders made by the very ‘intelligent’ President Carter.

Sure, Obama’s smart in that he has degrees from the Ivy League, gives good TelePromPter and tells people what they want to hear. Once the honeymoon is over and he can’t blame Bush for a rainy day, let’s see how this ‘intelligent’ man actually governs. I wish him the best; we’re all in this together, but color me doubtful.