The debate over intelligence in politics

At first there was surprise that the Daily Herald printed a short letter by Robert Antepenko asking if the newspaper is ignorant and stupid.

Then after reading over the years the articles on both sides of the “left and the right” published by the Herald, ignorance and stupidity is not what the paper is guilty of. The real question is how many of the American citizens qualified to vote are ignorant and stupid?

Is ignorance and stupidity voting for a morally inept man who uses “locker talk” in the Hollywood tapes?

Is ignorance and stupidity voting for a man who is convicted of abusing a woman by grabbing her as he bragged on these same Hollywood tapes?

Is ignorance and stupidity voting for a pathological liar who has been documented to lie and exaggerate way over 50,000 times?

Is ignorance and stupidity voting for a president who tries to extort the president of Ukraine?

Is ignorance and stupidity voting for a man who encourages the big voting lie even after 64 court cases say the election was not rigged?

Is ignorance and stupidity voting for a president who ignores an insurrection for almost 3 hours when he could have called in the National Guard?

And yes … is it stupidity to support a president who blanket pardoned 1,500 people who violated the Capitol — never mind the current pardons for drug dealers and others convicted by our jury system that he does not respect after almost 250 years of our Constitution?

Before I am accused of “left leaning” or worse. I am a 40-year former Republican and now an independent who would vote for Liz Cheney in a heart beat.

Craig Leland

Grayslake