Negating the intelligence factor.

Here's my latest theory. Anyone that runs for public office is either stupid or crazy. If one is intelligent and sane, one finds pursuits other than politics. This explains why the inmates are running the asylum in Washington. Some politicians are just plain stupid. Others are downright crazy. And some are both -- stupid and crazy. As for one of my favorite politicians, the esteemed Barack Obama, he's quite intelligent. But he's crazy to think that he can buck the system. I also surmise that most politicians are inherently evil. They have an innate desire to wreck society. To ignore the common good. And instead to work only for their self-gratification. Politicians, of course, are not to be trusted. And I sense that the electorate that go to the polls to vote, tend to detest intelligent politicians. Because the last thing they want is to be ruled by someone smarter than them. We prefer the dumbest of the dumb. But we never need to worry. If an intelligent politician accidentally makes it all the way into public office, at least we know he's crazy. And that negates the intelligence factor. --Jim Broede