(December 16, 2016 at 3:05 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote:(December 16, 2016 at 2:51 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: But Pence is more than a book balancer, he may become the president when Trump rage quits or is impeached, and he believes an easily disproved nonsense. Would you want the president to believe that there is a fairy that lives in his butt and offers advice, because that is the level of delusion you need to be a creationist these days. There is no controversy creationism is wrong.
I think you're missing the point. Otherwise competent people can function at high levels even if they believe some really dumb things. For all I know, Obama thinks the pyramids were built by ancient aliens. He still would have passed the ACA.
No you were missing my point. He has shown an ability to either ignore facts or make them fit preconceived beliefs, both traits should bar him from a position of power and especially potentially the most important job in the world.
Whether he can function well at other roles is beside the point.
You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.
Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.