Exactly so, Little Hawk. 'Tis a pity and a shame, but what is one to do?
I'm vaguely reminded of an old Twilight Zone episode in which a man wandered around lost until he stumbled into a valley where everyone was blind. He remembered the old adage, "In the valley of the blind, the one-eyed man is king." So, being sighted himself, he figured he had it made. Until the people in the valley, who had evolved without eyes and had no concept of vision, decided he was abnormal and felt they were doing him a favor when they blinded him.
I'm beginning to think that if a candidate for higher public office accidentally reveals that he or she possesses a brain and knows how to use it, they won't stand a chance.
What does that say about the state of our political system? Or our society in general?