Paul Waldman looks at re-emergent anti-intellectualism in the GOP:
We probably shouldn’t make too much of this — they’re just having a bit of fun, after all. But embracing Palin in all her nincompoopery must, in the words of the former Alaska governor herself, “stab hearts” — at least some of them — at a magazine that is supposed to have some sort of commitment to ideas. When you make a slip of the tongue (or the brain), you can say “oops,” or you can celebrate your own ignorance. Because after all, wouldn’t the later irritate people who value things like education and clear thinking? You know, liberals?
