This is the root of the dimocrats philosophy. Every leader on the left is portrayed as being very intelligent and every leader on the right portrayed as a simple boob. We have seen it in the attacks on Sarah and GWB, but it goes back to Reagan and probably beyond.
I've had lib friends tell me that they trust government because they are the best and brightest and know what is best. I continue to pound my head on that wall and try to convince them that these people are only in it for the power, but it is impossible to argue logic with illogical people.
Exactly. My dad, while not exactly a government-o-phile, thinks that business will screw everyone all the time if not adequately regulated, and that government should be regulating them more, but are too corrupt to do so (I guess you could call this the "RIAA Paradigm"). I ask him if it makes sense to him that people in government, many of whom have never worked in a given industry, would be the most likely to make the best decisions about how that industry should be run, but I don't seem to be making any headway. I mean, if you were really good at something, wouldn't you go do that thing, rather than look for a position where you have to try to tell others less talented and intelligent than yourself, how to do it??? If I were in a position like that I'd be bald in a day, and quit in frustrated rage in a week.