The Lowest Common Denominator

 I think it is fascinating that Joe the plumber, intellectual pea brain, was the keynote speaker at the tea party anti-union rally in Madison, Wisconsin on Saturday.  What does that say about this group?  What is up with that anyway?  Why would a group of political activists pick such a pea brain for their inspiration?  Let’s think about that for a moment.  Well, it is the same group that picked a self-proclaimed witch who told three separate lies about colleges she went to; candidates who believe that Dearborn, Michigan is governed by Shari'a Law; that Mexican drug cartels were beheading people in the Arizona desert; and who, while criticizing an opponent for opposing the teaching of creationism in the schools, did not know that the establishment clause is in the constitution.  These are the same people who insist on carrying guns to presidential campaign rallies and into the local statehouses, just to prove they can.  These are the same people who, despite all of the evidence to the contrary, believe that the president was not born in this country.  This is the lowest common denominator approach to politics.  Instead of electing the best and brightest to solve our nation’s problems and steer us into the future, tea partiers gravitate toward the least experienced, least intelligent, least educated, least talented candidate.  They are impressed by the candidate's ordinariness and average to below average abilities.  It is important to tea partiers that they  would feel comfortable having a cup of coffee with their candidate and that they can identify with the candidate.  They want someone just like them.  Someone they can relate to.