How stupid is the American electorate?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Marokai, you don't have the right to define who is a conservative and who is a moderate. That is defined by the the politics of the day. Obama's adjenda is the left of American politics, as such opposition was bound to occur amongst conservatives. With his adjenda toping the charts in importance amongst Republicans, there was no room for those who had supported parts of Obama's adjenda or what became his "adjenda" because the Conservative movement defined itself in opposition to those policies (Stimulus, Cap and trade, Amnesty, Card Check).  The problem is also that liberalism in itself is inherently arrogant and elitist, as demonstrated by this thread. Because they think the only way to move forward is to progress with the next thing on the progressive utopian wishlist. If the economy was to recover it had to be because of that, it couldn't happen from the bottom up or heaven forbid inspite of it. Think of Pelosi's statement, "Everything we do is about jobs", as evidence. Thats why I would laugh at obama's "car in a ditch" analogy everytime he used it. The economy hasn't benefited from any of the opressive regulations in the Health care law or the financial bill, and yet as Pelosi, says "Everything we have done is about jobs". Its not, passing Health care and Financial Reforms, while reasonable responses to problems, are not a benefit to the economy except in the extreme long term and then it will be marginal at best.

And yet the Republicans are stupid. Obama went around this country repeating over and over again that the Republicans had caused the economic meltdown and "drove the car into the ditch" when the facts are clearly to the contrary. The Real-estate bubble was a GLOBAL phenomenon that had its roots in the post USSR collapse economy. The economic policies which were contentious under Bush had driven unemployment down to 4.6%, while the de-regulation that could be blamed for the collapse was passed under a Democratic President with wide bipartisan support. Under Bush we saw the first "REGULATION" bill in decades in the wake of enron, although its success is debatable, it is clear that Bush did more to "Regulate" Corporate America then did any President since Richard Nixon. The 2007- 2009 recession was set in stone years before due to actions by both parties, long before Bush took the oath of office. Stupidy runs both ways. Is Obama not relying on the stupidity of voters as well?

At the "Rally to Restore Sanity" there were several instances of people who couldn't distinguish the term "Keynesian" from Kenyan when asked about Obama's economic philosphy. Yet we hear that the tea party is full of a bunch of dumb hicks and nothing is said about the stupidity of the dumbs and lemmings who insist on voting for Democrats every damn election time. Why do Democrats think they can ignore or pretend the market does not exist, that they can live separate from it? I think its stupid the Democrats thing they can bring down costs by reducing reimbursement rates to doctors. Simple economics and the economic response by doctors will dictate that if its not financially profitable to offer care, they won't. Fewer doctors, means higher costs. That reaks of stupidity and arrogance to me, and yet it permeates the left. The Market isn't something you can regulate unless you understand and accept how it works first. You try to fight it and you will pay, by making the problem worse. That is one of many reasons why the Health Care law is considered attrocious, why it won't reduce costs, and why many view it as a trojan for single payer.

The arrogance is a product of dimissive elitism. Liberals think there isn't the slightest possibility that the things they support can fail or not work the way they want them to. Guided by 100% confidence that they are right, they can dimiss the opposition as being less enlightened they they are.

Its not that the American people are stupid, it's that Liberals in general are too arrogant, that they can't even for a minute engage in assessing or re-evaluating their actions and goals. This is why Obama, praised as the greatest communicator since Reagan, failed to explain and articulate why what he did, needed to be done. It's just too damn easy to hide and cower behind the excuse of the "American people are just too dumb for us and our brilliant ideas". The American people have a short attention span and if you can't deliver and can't bring yourself to explain why you failed to deliver when they wanted, effectively, well you are going to lose. The American people don't give a crap if everything is perfect with complete social justice, they care that you give them what they want, if you don't you are gone. It is as simple as that.