You'll go blind if you become the best debater

So now we have each party debating 18 months out to winnow it down to clear idiots versus somewhat veiled idiots.

The dems did it, and now the other guys.

And I just read the NYTimes coverage. This paragraph made my jaw literally drop open. I simply cannot believe someone raises their hand to say, "I don't believe there is anything on this earth older than about 6,000 years. Including the earth." But they do. On TV. And hope to win the presidency.

There were revealing moments that went past the well-rehearsed lines by all the candidates. Three of the candidates — Mr. Huckabee, Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas and Representative Tom Tancredo of Colorado — raised their hands to signal that they did not believe in evolution.

How far up the hole of your own ass do you have to be to proclaim something like this, yet still hope to be president of the United States? I don't care if a person believes it. I support them for being so forthright. I've always respected eccentricity. I just can't believe you go into this forum, speaking so clearly, and expect to get lots and lots of votes. That is perhaps the most true eccentric.

It's going to get nutty.