Unfit For Duty?

One of my tag lines in class is "Americans are too stupid for democracy."

If you think that is harsh, ponder this emerging story:

Donor Daughter Fair Game for Nutso Congress-Critter

OK, he's 56. The daughter graduated from high school in 2010, so that makes her either seventeen or eighteen. His description is that it was consensual.

A normal person would stop right there. Fifty-six year old men in positions of elected office do not have sex either consensual or forced with teen-aged girls.

But that doesn't support my claim. It's simply a Clinton-standard of what the definition of sex is and whether a public figure has any private life that is off-limits to the media. Sorry, that's lame.

Consider this from that news piece:

Shortly before the 2010 elections, Wu began behaving erratically, according to The Oregonian and other news outlets. Wu sent a bizarre picture of himself in a tiger costume to his staffers, and some of them urged him to seek psychiatric help. More than a half dozen staffers and campaign consultants quit as Wu bombarded them with troubling phone calls and emails.

Erratic behavior, psychiatric help, bizarre acts and a staff that abandons him; that's something to hang a re-election bid on! Or maybe this:

This episode is the latest in a long list of troubling incidents for Wu, including a previous allegation of sexual assault lodged against him by a former girlfriend when they were both attending Stanford University in 1976.

Oh, I see this has been going on since 1976.

The confirmation of my thesis is that despite these reports he still got re-elected last year. That's the demonstration that we are too stupid for democracy. When we vote these people repeatedly into office, how can be be surprised when our government is totally screwed up?

One can only wonder if the parents of the girl are going to remain Wu campaign donors for the next election.