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Stupid Americans?

Back in November and December of 2014, there was a great kerfuffle over the comments made by White House Obamacare Advisor, Johnathon Gruber. He referred on more than one occasion to the "stupidity" of the American public. The reaction was somewhat comical given that he was simply caught stating what politicians have thought of voters for years. Of course, he was "sorry"; the kind of sorrow that one summons from deep emotional depths when one is caught red-handed doing something they did very deliberately. He is truly sorry--that he got caught. Most people were outraged that he would label the American voter as stupid. That was only part of his foot-in-mouth problem. The larger issue is that he spoke, out loud, that mindset which drives nearly all politicians: The American voter is too stupid to know what's good for him. I have thought a lot about his comments and have wondered if there is some truth to them. However, in the end, I must disagree with him that