[RangerM]

What my examples were trying to show was (supposed) superior knowledge, with credentials being evidence of that.

If credentials were the only consideration, then Bush couldn’t be an ‘idiot’ since he graduated from Yale.

I do understand what you are getting at though.

[Tax-chick]

What my examples were trying to show was (supposed) superior knowledge, with credentials being evidence of that.

Put that way, I agree.

If credentials were the only consideration, then Bush couldn’t be an ‘idiot’ since he graduated from Yale.

That's why I said that access to power is really the only thing that matters to the Left. Consistency, decency, facts, logic ... those are all irrelevant.