Conservative equals dumb, I guess

I was listening to talk radio recently and the local host's producer is a super lib. He distrusts all things Republican. He has continually referred to George W. Bush as dumb. I viewed that as par for the course for libs. But just the other day he called Sarah Palin a "dumb hockey mom". What? I got to thinking about what in the world would make him think she is dumb. I attributed it to an elitist attitude that many rank and file lefties from New England have. They inherently think lower intelligence when they hear accents unlike their own speaking of freedom, country, free-markets, pro-life positions, gun rights. It is completely knee-jerk and very much the same biases that they accuse conservatives of having.

It seems like those whom they tell us are the most brilliant have the tendency to micromanage that which they are in charge of, rather than letting those who actually do the work be in control. On the other hand, those who apply a more "free market" approach to managing are considered dumb, not because of their free market approach but because they don't adhere to ideas that ... control.

There is no more perfect example of this than Obama in 2008. He is an incompetant, control freak who knows little about economics, small business, tax consequences, foreign policy, etc but he is considered brilliant and messianic. But folks like George W. Bush and Sarah Palin who are actually very pragmatic, humble, wise and very smart are thought of as dumb by those same elites.