Death to Intellectuals

You may think from recent posts that I have an unhealthy obsession with Sarah Palin. The triumph of Barack Obama's election is the signal it sends, at least to me, that the intellect has not been totally discounted in this country, despite an alarming rise during the Bush reign of Know-Nothingism and scorn for rational thought. Sarah Palin represents to me the end-product of the Bush gestalt, and so I remain anxious for the future of thoughtful, rational, analytical government.