It began with MIT economics professor Jonathan Gruber in 2014. Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes amplified it a couple of weeks ago. And now, in an equal opportunity bashing from the other side of the political dividing line, The Federalist senior editor David Harsanyi has offered yet another look at one idea that apparently unites America's elitist class: millions of average Americans are irredeemably, hopelessly and unrelentingly stupid.
Gruber led the elitist charge, revealing the Obama administration's behind-the-scenes efforts to get the Affordable Healthcare Act passed. "Lack of transparency is a huge political advantage," he stated. "And basically, call it the stupidity of the American voter or whatever, but basically that was really, really critical for the thing to pass... "