Kerry 68, Bush 25

The Repugnicans are up in arms about this University of Connecticut survey showing that journalists went for John Kerry 68-25 over Bush last November.

Joe Scarborough and the rest of the Kool-Aid Brigade need to know that there's a fairly reasonable explanation for this. . .

Journalists are, for the most part, educated professionals for whom facts actually matter and who call the reality-based world home.

Educated people know that Saddam Hussein didn't attack this country on 9/11. Educated people know that this President lied the nation into war. Educated people know that we haven't found WMD in Iraq. Educated people believe in Evolution and are pretty sure dinosaurs once roamed the Earth. Educated people know the world isn't flat. And educated people know we didn't fake the Apollo moon landings.

Sadly, I don't think Bush Republicans share many of these views. Feel free to draw your own conclusions.

Here are the 10 least-educated states in America (2003), according to the United States Census Bureau (% of people 25 years and over who have completed a Bachelor's Degree):

1. West Virginia (17.0)
   
2. Kentucky (18.6)
   
3. Mississippi (18.7)
   
4. Arkansas (19.0)
   
5. Nevada (19.5)
   
6. Indiana (21.0)
   
7. Alabama (21.2)
   
8. Louisiana (21.3)
   
9. Tennessee (21.5)
   
10. Oklahoma (21.9)

Take a wild guess which Presidential candidate won all 10.

For those who think I'm making up this data, you can find it on one of GWB's Internets at http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Products/Ranking/2003/R02T040.htm

The truth may be really uncomfortable for some, but it's still the truth.