Politics: Aaauuuuggghhh!!

It's amazing to me. Essentially, every morning I wake up and prepare myself for my day by looking into the face of my newborn son and saying, "You will never be as stupid as everyone else."

So you would think that I would be prepared for the stupid things Americans do, every single day. But you would be wrong.

I don't mean the "News of the Weird" variety of stupid (like the woman cited for breastfeeding while driving, or driving while breastfeeding) but really just dumb, dumb, dumb people.

By this I mean people who, say, don't understand the impact of their actions, who take no responsibility for their place in the world, who don't see that each of us must be part of a bigger thing if we're to survive life on this rock.

And therefore, I mean people who support this ignorant recall effort in California.

Take a gander at this stupidity-filled AP item about the candidate pool in the California recall. I am already on record as being opposed to man-on-the-street interviews, because they are stupid. If I wanted to hear what a regular person thought, I would ask him myself. I certainly don't want a print reporter -- or worse yet, some local news idiot -- wondering around asking strangers their opinion and then broadcasting it out to the millions. There is no lazier way to report the news, and there is simply no tolerating that crap.

But here it is. Check out the choice quotes from these people:

Dawn Cain, a 32-year-old assistant manager at The Living Room cafe in San Diego, was unsure whom she would pick but suggested it almost didn't matter who was governor as long as it wasn't Davis.

"I think we need someone different," she said. "A change couldn't hurt."

A change couldn't hurt? COULDN'T HURT? I'm sure you won't think that, you moron, when someone reminds you that this effort will cost the taxpayers of California $67 million. I bet that when you get a note from the lousy school you send your kid to asking for you to send in PAPER or your kid will be writing on her friggin' hand this fall because they have no money, you're going to think that wasting that $67 million hurt.

Which brings me to our next mouth-breather:

Sonia Boeck, a social services worker from Los Angeles County, said she would likely vote for Schwarzenegger.

"I know he doesn't have a lot of experience, but he has a lot of connections," Boeck said. "He seems like he has the energy. I don't think he could do any worse than Davis."

A lot of connections? Yeah, I guess you're right, dimwit. It appears that he's well-connected to Nazi war criminal Kurt Waldheim. He also has a tight link to the supporters of the unconstitutional Prop 187, which denied social services -- like schooling and medical care -- to some immigrants. He's so connected, he tapped Prop 187 spokes-governor Pete Wilson to run his campaign. And as for his connections to the Kennedy family, I think we can see how well the Kennedy family has lined up behind his candidacy.

Finally, we come to this mental giant:

"The state is in financial turmoil. Somebody's got to do something. You can't just sit back," Phil Norman, a school teacher from Santa Rosa, said Sunday. "I think (the recall) is a reasonable reaction, whether or not the governor did anything wrong."

Let me return to a refrain from a few days ago, Phil. If more than 36.05 percent of the eligible voters in the state participated in the election, imbecile, then that isn't just sitting back, it's doing something.

Breathe. Okay. I feel better.