The Daily Show Explores the Self-Dumbing Down of Fox & Friends' Gretchen Carlson

As Mr. Spock once said, it is easier for a civilized person to play a barbarian than for a barbarian to play a civilized person. This also applies to smart/dumb people. The dumb blonde act is an easy one for an Oxford alumnus to pull off.

I wouldn't be surprised if Fox makes her play dumb so she does show up the stooges she shares that couch with.

I am surprised with her resumé, glad to know there is someone with a brain over there.

A margin of error of "Monkey*&%$ ridiculous"

Classic.

Superb! This guy is a genius!

Gretchen I never watch your show but keep up the "good" work. Critiques like this just make my day. I haven't laughed this hard in a while and my laughter coming at your, (Gretchipoos) expense makes it all the more enjoyable!

Isn't that the violin piece from "Young Frankenstein"?

She must have an enormous schvanschtuger.

FOX's 'talking down' to their audience is pretty insulting, of course. But, in this, FOX is putting itself on the vanguard of American Anti-intellectualism, a time-honored political demagogue's practice. I suppose they're taking the advice of H.L. Mencken:

"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public."

Nothing new for Gretchen ... she emerged unscathed from an affair with the evening news anchor at WRIC in Richmond, her first station ... whereas he's vanished from the radar. She's the type of smart who pulls out the dumb when it benefits her.

Here's my analysis:

She is an extremely intelligent woman who realized that there's no money in the world of intellectual commentary. So she plays a conservative, dumb blonde. This doesn't surprise me. I've read about Friscoid Michael Savage (who went skinnydipping with Allen Ginsberg, grows herbs, drinks imported beer, etc.). And Ann Coulter (went to 100 Dead concerts, for Chrissakes!) This also applies to Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly (who are less smart than Coulter, Savage, and Gretchen, but still fakes who play right-wing populists for a buck.)

Bottom line: they are FAKES! They are much smarter than their fans, they know their followers are idiots who can be led with a Tabasco sauce laced noodle. But their asinine peasant audience is oblivious to this. They are the ultimate cynics. If $$$ was in the liberal media, you can bet your barrel they'd be just like Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn.