Denied access to the great minds and ideas of a rich past, many public school graduates think Obama is "smart" because they have merely been told so, and possess little basis for scrutiny or comparison.
Dittos to #58
You are right. Way too many Americans could listen to Obama speak for 3 minutes on taxation and simple economic effects, and then listen to Thomas Sowell speak for 3 minutes on the same subject, and probably not understand either one of them but strongly believe that Obama is the more intelligent of the two. I think most Americans are incapable of understanding most of the content of the Rush Limbaugh show. I also agree with you on the role public education plays in this, but I have no idea how to turn this around. Home schooling kids is not a solution once the adults themselves reach this level of ignorance.