Dozens of times this week a twist of an old movie quote: "Liberal, illiterate and stupid is no way to go through life, son." has played in my mind as I listen to these dullards spout and pontificate.
Uh, maybe because IQ tests didn't exist in their day. Just sayin...
You have to remember that, in the late 1700's when the Constitution as being written, only prominent, educated men rose to become leaders in their colonies/states. Most were landed gentry -- gentlemen as the word was meant then. There was a code of honor among gentlemen, and the Founders' expectations were that Congress would be comprised of gentlemen of honor who would always answer to the people (house) and the states (senators). Like all human beings, they could not foretell the future very far beyond their own times.
In hindsight, I wish with all my heart the Founders had written term limits into the Constitution. They didn't because, in their day, no man wanted to make a career of being in Congress. They all had families, businesses, land and farms to return to, usually significant distances and many days travel from Philadelphia and New York (when the early government resides there).