The founding fathers didn't have to court votes from red-necks in Alabama in order to get elected. The Tele-evangilist hadn't been invented yet, and right-wing-religious wakkos had not begun to pollute the airways with voices like worm-gear-drive Skilsaws raised in a common concert for the stated purpose of maliciously destroying public education.

                The dumber they can make the public, of course, the better chance they have of getting their candidates elected. They discovered that Sunday School was a really good place to start.