Genetically Stupid

Someone should give this fellow a swift kick to his teeth:

I can't remember the last time I read a column as ignorant, lazy, insulting, condescending, or just plain stupid as this 'effort' (note that it would not be difficult at all had I not stopped reading Krugman, Dowd and Rich last summer). Here's a sample, and, no, I'm not making this up -- Schram really did write it:

According to a new study published in the American Political Science Review, being politically conservative is, in part, a matter or genetics.

I've long wondered how an otherwise seemingly rational person could adhere so strictly to stilted ideologies; how they could be so consistently willing to smother a sense of social well-being.

It's merely a matter of having been dumped in the shallow end of the gene pool.

As for the kick in the chops, Lileks performs the metaphoric service:

"It's merely a matter of having been dumped in the shallow end of the gene pool. They're sorta like the puppy who piddles in the middle of the floor: They just don't know any better."

Okay, and people who want higher marginal tax rates are like babies who like to defecate in their diapers because it gives them a nice warm feeling. There you go! Argument settled, opponents infantilized, everyone go home. Drive safe