Stupidity as a campaign strategy

I found this comment on McCain, and politics in general, interesting - from my favorite blog, Hullabaloo:


While it's shocking to those of us in the reality-based community that this man [McCain] has reached this stage in life, having been in government for decades and run for president once already, and is still a bumbling fool, it's important to remember that this is not a disqualifier for the presidency in the United states of America. In fact, it may even be a conscious strategy. Reagan, Bush Sr, Bush Jr all profited from their ignorance. They are the guys people want to have a beer with (or in Poppy's case, a pork rind with), which, as we all know, is far more important to many people than intelligence or knowledge ever could be. So I would never underestimate the power of being stupid to make people want to vote for you. Americans can 't stand eggheads.