Pundits and Punditry and the Arrogance of Critique…

I’ve said plenty of times, that I’ve been… underwhelmed…by the presidency of Barack Obama.  I’m a liberal, he’s a pragmatist.  I voted for big changes, and we got hit in the face with a major economic downturn.  Ouch.

I’m actually not that critical of our president.  I just expected a more outspoken liberal! You know?

Anyway, I’m watching Real Time With Bill Maher right now, as Bill Maher attacks and demeans the credentials of President Obama, and I’m struck by this simple fact: Barack Obama is smarter than Bill Maher.

And I was listening to Ed Schultz on the radio a few days ago as he was bashing the president, and I was struck by the same fact: Barack Obama is smarter than Ed Schultz.

I was listening to Norman Goldman on the radio as he was bashing the president, and I was struck by the same fact: Barack Obama is smarter than Norman Goldman.

I sort of have a feeling that the problem with all the pundits I hear, daily attacking this particular president, is that none of them have a fraction of the intellectual capacity of this president.  Neither do I.

That doesn’t mean there’s no role for thoughtful, constructive critique from the left, but I guess I’m a little exhausted by the mass of constant, arrogant condescension from the army of Bachelor of Arts pundits who now look down their noses at a man much smarter than they, whom they recently voted for with the enthusiasm of tween fans at a Justin Bieber concert.