We get the leaders we deserve...

Here’s the big political news of the week.

John McCain confused Purim (Jewish holiday) with Halloween. Dumb? Sure. But.

Hillary Clinton, it turns out, did not have to duck in Bosnia. Did she miss speak foolishly? Sure. But.

A Butler University student asked Chelsea Clinton an incredibly stupid question about Monica Lewinsky. Chelsea, to her credit, rebuked the young man in a brilliant and stinging fashion. But.

There is the ongoing saga of Barack Obama and Jeremiah Wright. If you want to know what Barack Obama really thinks, don’t look at 30 second clips from Jeremiah Wright’s sermons, but read Obama’s book, “The Audacity of Hope.”

We get the leaders we deserve because we make decisions on stupid things. In all of this here is what has not really been discussed this week.

The war turned a corner. There are now over 4000 dead American soldiers from Iraq. This is not big news because a candidate may have found a booger on his/her finger.

Gas prices are numbingly high and the housing market is a disaster. The economy is bad. All major issues for the election.

But, we need to know if McCain really knows his Jewish holidays, or if Hillary’s hyperbole is significant, or what Chelsea’s thoughts on Monica Lewinsky are. (Could you imagine even giving this a thought????)

We get the leaders we deserve because:

The press is too lazy to pursue real stories.

People think talk radio people offer something to the national conversation.

People tend to vote on idiotic issues instead of really paying attention to the world around them.

Oh yes, it turns out the lad from Butler is a Hillary supporter and he thought he was giving Chelsea a great question that would make Clinton women shine. Butler is a good school and I’m sure he’ll figure out better questions to ask. Of course, if he stays at this level, he’ll soon be giving Matt Lauer competition in the stupid questions awards...