[SMARTY]

Correct, and the founders assumed that with education, all voters (and leaders) would be informed. They believed, in any case, that Americans would certainly inform THEMSELVES! That no longer happens. Now we have people who do not read (have never been ‘readers’). They give themselves away every time they open their mouths!

The NEA has made sure that the necessary benchmarks, formerly in place to assure that students could reach their full potential, are now removed or ignored. That's how we get wholly inarticulate and muddleheaded jerks like Joe and Kamala.

Even O'Bozo, who was supposed to be such a great speaker, fell VERY far short of the traditionally acknowledged bar for educated, well read and articulate 'statesmen'.

If you ever read speeches of JFK, Churchill or Lincoln, there is an abysmal gap between THEIR abilities to express themselves and O'Bozo's lame, trite and absolutely shallow way of speaking!! And his hectoring, sing song delivery didn't help. The bar was lowered so far for him that it's a joke! He NEVER fooled me

[Pontiac]

If you ever read speeches of JFK, Churchill or Lincoln, there is an abysmal gap between THEIR abilities to express themselves and O'Bozo's lame, trite and absolutely shallow way of speaking

It is well know that Ted Sorensen was JFK’s ghostwriter, so I don;t know if you can put him in with Lincoln and Churchill

But otherwise I agree with you.

But I would also throw in the US Department of Education for ensuring that the American people have reached their current level of ignorance.