Americans expect their president to be better than them
America Blog Sep 06 08Republicans have begun the argument that Palin's and McCain's flaws are actually pluses. McCain was a horrible student, that's a good thing - because Americans are bad students. Palin's daughter conceived out of wedlock? Super duper! 1/3 of Americans have kids before the age of 20. So I guess we can apply this to McCain being 72 years old and having had cancer 4 times? Lots of Americans have cancer and even more are elderly! Where is this going? As Jon Stewart said a few months back, he expects, we expect, our president to be smarter than us, better than us. You may want a president you can share a beer with, but when the North Koreans or the Iranians come calling, no one wants Bubba in the Oval Office. Full story...
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