YOU may not wish to discuss this, but you are not the final arbiter.
I hate to tell you this, but my beautician, who thinks Cheney is ugly and won't vote for him, has an EQUAL vote with those of high intellect, such as you. Therefore, in order for a candidate to be elected, he must appeal to those sordid "common folk," who vote on hair styles, jokes, and who has the prettiest wife. This IS how a large number of the electorate vote.
Until you can get a Constitutional amendment passed requiring an IQ and current events test before voting, it is vitally necessary to appeal to those common people. You betray your ignorance of politics when you smarmingly discount those who aren't as astute as you.
Common people may not determine the truth, but they do determine who gets elected.