In fact, the only elected official I know who’s wonkier than Al Franken is Rush Holt, my congressman — and he used to be the assistant director of Princeton’s plasma physics lab. (The campaign’s bumper stickers read, “My Congressman IS a rocket scientist.”)
These where the same folk who tried to convince us that John Kerry was an intellectual…
I don’t believe he said “wonkier” I think he said “wankier”.
Are your commenters claiming that intellect is a hindrance to being an elected politician?
I expect John Kerry could spell “were” if he wanted to.