LOTM,

That one item on your list seems questionable.

My point here is that he believes in education and “book smarts” as the primary filter to apply when selecting leaders. If you believe that he wants to select leaders with wisdom, then how does he pick them?

This trait is very common in the well-educated. School has been a source of self-validation for them, and they therefore put disproportionate weight on educational attainment.

It’s not that intelligence isn’t important for leadership, but as you know academic metrics are not reliable indicators of judgment.

The left uses academic achievement in the way that certain industries use the “old boy network” – it is a screening device that assures them that the person in question will conform with their rules.

While it may look like race might play a role, I think the more important screen is education. Sotomayor is a Yale Law grad. As is Van Jones.

BTW – this screen has been tried before. In the early 20th Century, virtually all of the leaders of Great Britain came from a handful of elite public schools. Many have argued that the resulting groupthink led to the disastrous trench warfare strategy of WWI.

Cheers,
L3