Who's More Stupid?

Following is a short quiz on this last day prior to elections.

Multiple choice question: Who is more stupid -

a) George Bush
b) John Kerry
c) The American Public
(I'm tempted to add "(d) Rush Limbaugh", but I wanted this to be a bit more difficult)

This is actually a trick question with a conditional result. Basically, the answer will be "c" if the public is drawn into and distracted by the combination of a bone headed faux pas by John Kerry and the lightning quick rebuttal by Bush and friends (a much faster turn of events for Bush then, say, deciding what to do on the morning of 9/11 during the attacks, but I digress). Not only is John Kerry stupid for making the mistake in his speech - essentially calling soldiers "stupid" for being soldiers instead of calling Bush "stupid" for sending soldiers to Iraq - but in its desire to find ANYTHING to rally Americans to the side of the heavily dented Republican machine, the administration is now shouting more loudly than ever about this particular situation.

One hopes that the public, particulary the vast majority of voters who apparently take nearly every comment, circumstance, event, etc. at face value, is smart enough to ignore this and not ascribe the focus and intent of the rest of the democratic party to Mr. Kerry's thoughts. John Kerry should basically be considered radioactive in his own party and avoided like the potential dirty bomb that his is; things were going just fine, thank you, until he had to make his mistake and give Bush and friends what the sports world calls "bulletin board fodder" the day before elections. What a total moron.

Personally, I still pick "a" as the answer to the question, but I'm certainly being given a run for my money.