Works both ways.
Some Republican maroon can say something unbelieveabley naive and juvenile like "You're either for us or against us" and that can become foreign policy for an entire nation.
Neither side has a lock on stupidity. At least Carville was only a Clinton advisor, and not President. And, at least Clinton was not an intellectual embarrassment. I think most foreign leaders kinda envied the hummers, no one envies an idiot.
Arf