I wish someone would create a map of the blue counties and overlay a similar map. Since urban area heavily voted for Kerry, and urban areas are also the home of very poor performing schools it should be interesting.
A quick listen to Hannity's man in the street interviews easliy proven that New York City blue voters were dumb as a stump. Just before the election a huge number didn't even know Kerry's running mate they were going to vote for. My youngest daught knew that and could recite the major policies of both sides.
Just remember, there are lies, damn lies and statistics.
The greatest amount of spending-per capita-in terms of education is done in Washington D.C., which also happens to have some of the worst-performing schools in the nation.
The intellectual "disparity" between the "red" and "blue" states-which is another fictitious creation that needs to be debunked-isn't even worth commenting upon.
Even my kids think the man in the streets interviews are a hoot. They can't believe people can be so ill-informed.
I think it's more about values than I.Q. Those of us who have taken the time and effort to understand history and understand today's politics know that socialism is tyranny. We don't want to go there. Most blue people wouldn't either if they took sometime out their self-centered lives and really examined what is going on.