Stuck on Stupid - January 2006

I was disappointed that the phrase "stuck on stupid" didn't take off in 2005 the way I thought t would. It started out strong. Right after General Honore responded to a reporter by saying, "You are stuck on stupid and I'm not going to answer that question" - I thought we surely had the catch phrase for the next decade.

In an attempt to breathe life back into the phrase - I'm going to be keeping track of the people who get stuck on stupid in 2006. To qualify a person would have to be a reasoning adult who proves through actions or deeds that they are "stuck on stupid." (Note Cindy Sheehan does not qualify because I think she is not a reasoning adult - I think she needs professional help and it saddens me to see people use her the way she's being used.)

- Pat Robertson an original idiotarian deserves first listing for Stuck on Stupid (if stupid statements were traffic tickets - then Robertson would have lost his license long ago).

- Ted Kennedy is definitely stuck on stupid (or maybe he's stuck in a fantasy land where Goldwater was President and Mary Jo Kopechne did not die a horrible death)

- Microsoft - the concept that money lost via protest by free market economies far outweigh gains made by pandering to dictatorships is not exactly new.

- Joe Biden - no coincidence that "Joe Biden" and "Blow hard" both have 8 letters. Narcissus fell in love with his own reflection. Biden has fallen in love with the sound of his own voice.

- Senator Patty Murray is permanently stuck on stupid. I'm just surprised that she didn't say anything about politicians liking Jack Abramoff because he built day care centers.

- CNN - after being disgraced by the relevations that CNN bowed to Iraqi handlers under Saddam Hussein, CNN seems to be stuck on stupid by repeating the mistake with Iran.

- Walter Cronkite - less respected by the current generation than Kent Brockman

- Harry Belafonte - file under - tell me why is this person is famous again? Part of being Stuck on Stupid is being stupid over and over.

- Hillary Clinton - "run like a plantation" words not soon to be forgotten.

- Al Gore - Let's see - when Bill Clinton did this it was legal but the laws are different for George W. Bush. I somehow get the feeling I'll be posting Al Gore's name a lot.

- Ray Nagin - I think he's bidding to become the poster child for Stuck on Stupid. His "Chocolate City" comment is bound to become a classic.

- Joel Stein - I'm tempted to give this one to the LA Times though. Who told them that people would be interested in the rants about the military by someone who admits he knows absolutely nothing about the subject? The value-add by the LA Times to their readers actually went into negative numbers with this piece of excrement offering.

- Google - see Microsoft above

- George Galloway - at long last have you no decency?

- Jimmy Carter - it just wouldn't be Stuck on Stupid without Jimmy Carter