From Media Matters, presenting Deep Thoughts, by Megyn Kelly:
(Trigger alert: Michelle Malkin.)
Megyn Kelly: I want to ask you this—does it matter, should it matter, if somebody is dumb?
Because you know, we've had—yes, there have been partisan attacks, no question, it does usually seem to focus on Republicans, is Michelle Bachmann dumb, they've talked about, you know, her being on the House Intelligence Committee is a contradiction in terms, and they've anonymously sourced Republicans asking that question, now they're asking this about Rick Perry, Sarah Palin—but is it unfair, just because it's coming from some in the mainstream media?
I mean, there were questions about the number of colleges Sarah Palin, you know, attended, there were questions about, you know Perry's academic transcript and so on, does it make it illegitimate just because of who's asking it?
Malkin's answer was of course "yes," it's illegitimate. Also: elitist bigotry, etc.
Discuss.