By Waymon Hudson
Cross-posted on Bilerico

It seems there is a new threat to our country- an insidious danger that is seeping into our homes and everyday lives that must be stopped at any cost. That threat is intellectualism.

We have heard the some of the buzzwords of this political season- Folksy, Joe Six-pack, Elitist, and Arugula Eating. It seems the new “culture war” or wedge issue is intelligence. The Vice-Presidential debate only solidified the lines in this war. On one side, you had Palin- full of “folksy charm” and “you betcha” language. Then you had Biden, who had a command of the issues, but was called “boring” and (gasp!) “professorial” by the pundits.

Is this the point we have come to in our country? Do we really think that having knowledge about an issue is a liability? Have we learned nothing from the past eight years about voting for the person you “want to have a beer with”? Is being smart or intellectually curious a bad thing?

It seems the war is on and the Republicans have launched another surge strategy.

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