And Speaking of Dumbing Down America...

From Crooksandliars:

Chuck Hagel slams Sarah Palin: “It’s a stretch to say she’s got the experience to be President”

“I think it’s a stretch to, in any way, to say that she’s got the experience to be president of the United States,” Hagel said.

“I think they ought to be just honest about it and stop the nonsense about, ‘I look out my window and I see Russia and so therefore I know something about Russia,’” he said. “That kind of thing is insulting to the American people.”