[mrsmel]

Sean Penn is obviously an idiot...

He's a man who gets paid to play "Let's pretend" who thinks he's a political expert and his opinions are worthy of public notice, so it's a given. See also Tom Hanks, Barbra Streisand, Susan Sarandon, etc.

[Oceander]

Thank you. That is so on-point it's not even funny. It simply amazes me, the arrogance and hubris of these people who think that, because they got rich off of what amounts to nothing more than a middle-school popularity contest held on a nationwide basis, they are somehow geniuses, the philosopher-kings from Plato's Republic, when in fact they are nothing more than glorified uber-idiots. Plato knew Obama's sort, and captured him perfectly in any number of phrases, such as the following (makes a handy little bumper-sticker, too):