I have never in my entire life known a Republican who wasn’t smug.  Think about it.  You haven’t either.

Although study after study shows that Democrats as a whole are better educated and better informed on the issues (mainly because we don’t watch Fox news, I suspect), Republicans think they are smarter and at least a little bit richer than you are.

They are smug about their religion, too.  I hate that part.  I’m grateful for my religious beliefs because they bring me comfort, but I don’t think my religion is the only correct one.  My faith is so secure that even if I were the only person on the whole planet who believed that way, it’s fine with me.  Republicans don’t seem so secure.  They just seem smug.

I live in a very Republican neighborhood.   Bubba and I walked into a restaurant last week and one of our neighbors called us over to their table to introduce us as “our neighborhood’s Democrats.”  You know, as if it were some sort of disease.  Bubba smiled and obviously very jokingly and self-deprecatingly said, “Yes, there’s only one Democratic family in our neighborhood, just like there’s only one Valedictorian or one Hope diamond.”  It was a visual thing.  Bubba in his gimme cap and untucked shirt comparing himself to the Hope diamond was pretty darn funny.  They rolled their smug little squinty  eyes.

And that’s another thing.  They do not “get” self-depreciating humor.  Why is that? Are they really that insecure?

Anyway, I got started on this rant because Elsie sent me this article and I watched the TED that goes with it.

Nick Hanauer, self-described “super-rich” entrepreneur, gave a pretty compelling TED Talk about how the middle class—not the super-rich—are the real job creators.

It’s worth a watch.

Okay, back to the funny stuff.  I just needed a rant to slide into the weekend.

By the way, I do pray that I can quit hating Republicans.  God’s not doing his part in this quest because he keep putting the worst of the breed in my pathway every darn day.

Thanks to Elsie for the TED tip.