“Dumbestest!”

Commentary

Follow-up to “Smart, Dumb, Dumber and Dumbest”

Last week I posted an Around the Block called, “The saga of ‘Smart‘, ‘Dumb’, ‘Dumber’ and ‘Dumbest,'” in which I suggested that a hierarchy of governmental leadership was clearly developing.

https://around-the-block.com/2020/04/15/the-saga-of-smart-dumb-dumber-and-dumbest/

My examples were:

• Smart – Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA)
• Dumb – Governor Kristi Noem (R-SD)
• Dumber – Governor Asa Hutchinson (R-AR)
• Dumbest – President Donald J. Trump (R-Mar-a-Lago)

While I did consider other candidates, I was somewhat restricted by the conventions of “superlative adjectives.” What word would follow “dumbest?

After reading an article from Vanity Fair about Georgia Governor Brian Kemp entitled “Front-Runner for Country’s Dumbest Governor…”, I began thinking harder.

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/04/brian-kemp-georgia-bowling-alley

While Vanity Fair characterized Kemp as the “Country’s Dumbest Governor,” I had already applied the “dumbest” sobriquet to the President; I was working with all brainless elected officials, not just governors.

So after many minutes of intense thought, I devised a new superlative for “dumb,” “Dumbestest.”

With that in mind, I hereby present my new list:

• Smart – Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA_
• Dumb – Governor Kristi Noem (R-SD)
• Dumber – Governor Asa Hutchinson (R-AR)
• Dumbest – Governor Brian Kemp (R-GA)
• Dumbestest – President Donald J. Trump (R-Mar-a-Lago)

And remember, keep those cards and letters coming in – I want to know if you have any other elected officials I can add to this “dumb” hierarchy. And worry not, I’ve already developed a few additional superlatives:

“Dumbestester,””Dumbestesterest,”…well, you get the point. No matter how low these “dum-dums” go, I can go lower!

One last point. No matter how many and how dumb any additional political leaders are, Donald J. Trump will always be at the top/bottom of the list!