It's been a long time since I've considered using the term "stupid idiot" in either conversation, or in my writing and expressing my thoughts. Free speech gives us a lot of latitude, but restraint can sometimes be a sign of a level of intelligence, self-respect and simple courtesy. Then there are times when something happens, and we are left without words to express the depth of our feelings about it.

That's where I am right now.

Where else could I be, after seeing the President of the United States publicly declare that the crowd at his funeral will be a lot larger than the one Dick Cheney got at his. The fact that this man actually uttered these words is irrefutable proof that every criticism of him, every bad word spoken about him, every word spoken that was critical of his total lack of character and morality has been right on target.

He is a stupid idiot. And so is every American citizen who voted for him either time he ran for President. We are a nation of half-witted dumb-asses, or at least, half of us are. We have not always had some of the best and brightest individuals in our country find their way into the White House, and maybe that's due to some unique quirks in our history. But we've never, until now, elected someone who bears no resemblance at all to competent, effective leadership. Or whose character and person is so lacking in human character that it has, indeed, become a national embarassment, and a detriment to his ability to serve.

And the fact that enough Americans used their popular sovereignty, and cast a ballot to put him back in as President, makes them as bottomlessly stupid, ignorant and petty as he is. It takes some serious mental illness and a measure of insanity for a human being to step so far out of the boundaries of normal behavior, understanding the kind of character that is expected of the nation's President to publicly whine about the size of the crowd at Dick Cheney's funeral, and claim his own will be larger.