[AmericanInTokyo]

I agree.

I DO NOT celebrate A BIT at further news of the patent "dumbing down" of America, even if it gives a temporary boost to a 'good guy', at the decay of civics and informed public decision. Why cheer over ANY of this? What would the Founding Fathers think?

It goes both ways. All we need is some leftist dictator in a few years who 'looks cool' on TV in his farm jeans or what not, to stroll in to the White House and lock up millions of uninformed Americans' votes, then proceed to enjoy dismantling our freedoms one after the other.

The soccer moms swooned over Clinton's big nose and blow dry haircut and maybe even his bent ______, and look what it got us in eight years.

This is NOT good. This is NOT citizenship!

[cyncooper]

May I just say not to get too upset over this phenom. It's not just the flight suit or jeans on the ranch. It's that he exhibits an air of capability and command of what he's doing while he happens to be wearing the suitable attire.

With clinton you had the fake capability (his supposedly "brilliant" brain which I contend is a photographic memory with admittedly high, but cunning, intelligence).

Now the authentic is being compared to the fake and it is recognized for what it is. Really, it does go beyond appearance. For most, anyway.

[HitmanLV]

This is NOT good. This is NOT citizenship!

Exactly! It's just temporary that the wind blows our direction this time around. Indeed, it's quite an alarming trend when you think about it.