Why do smart people like George Stephanopoulos (Ron Paul can’t win), Hillary Clinton and Eliot Spitzer (drivers licenses for illegal aliens) make boneheaded plays? George’s response to Ron Paul’s statement that his goal is to win–“That’s not going to happen.”–may end up as the first line of George obituary. I have a stock analysis that I’ve trotted out to explain why the politicians in Buffalo do incredibly stupid things: This applies, mutatis mutandis to the above: The machine is out of touch with reality. Why? Several reasons. First, they have power over us, by definition. They’re bureaucrats and politicians. When … Continue reading Why they make boneheaded plays