Ignoramus Quotes
This quotation is interesting for two reasons. It is a clever put down and more important it illustrates the character of public discourse in the runup to the 2012 Presidential elections. Many of the Republicans and a few Democrats had been very successful with repeated character assassination and negative campaigning about their opponents. The Republicans had become so successful, that in 2011 with a number of Republicans seeking the party nomination for the 2012 Presidential election, the aspirants and their supporters began to apply the successful techniques against members of their own party. Frum who was supporting Mit Romney had this to say about Ron Paul, another candidate, who was a libertarian and had some views that many Republicans did not care for although he had a strong base of supporters amongst Republican voters.
