Vicky Stow

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Much has been made of John McCain’s reckless selection, during his 2008 presidential run, of the woefully unqualified Sarah Palin as his running mate. In reality, Palin wasn’t a wild aberration from the national Republican candidates who preceded her but, rather, a logical result of the trend they embodied. The inanities she spewed were no more absurd than those of George W. Bush, whose warm embrace of his own ignorance softened the ground for her. Palin had much in common with Bush, who had much
Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber
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