In the movie Idiocracy, the president of the United States is African American. He is also a wrestling/porn-star who wears a red-white-and-blue tank-top and carries a machine gun. In other words, a man of the people who gives the people what they want.

The last two weeks of this presidential campaign have really shown that Obama, ummm, isnt a president like that.

Anyone with an athletic disposition can bowl better than a 37 - man or woman. Good grief. That's almost like the president of the dungeons and dragons club running for home coming king; a little too awkward.

But more troubling are the things Obama has said in last nights debate and elsewhere.

Small-town people only "cling" to religion and guns because they are bitter about economics? Yikes! Even if that is true, it is not something one says in public unless you are too rich to care. As someone who has gotten into trouble for saying things that are too blunt or direct for public consumption, even I know that a comment like that is borderline insane.

Then you have Reverend Wright, and Obama's refusal to wear an American flag pin because it is "manufactured patriotism".

The truth is, I dont actually disagree with the ideas and beliefs Obama was trying to communicate. But watching him try to explain his comments is excruciating and really make me question a) he can get elected and b) he can survive if he does get elected.

The problem is not that Obama thinks too much and has thoughtful positions that are different from the norm. The problem is that regular American's barely think at all and anyone that does something which stands out ends up making them too much. Ouch, that hurt!

The truth is important and we face serious issues but Jack Nicholson was right. We American's cant handle the truth. We want it easy, exciting, with flashy lights, laugh tracks and a double-helping of fake whipped cream that is actually made of soybean oil and corn syrup.

If Obama wants to be the smartest President since Jimmy Carter (a dubious honor), he needs to dumb it down so he can actually get elected. Bill Gates is not a hero because he is smart; he is a hero because he is rich.

If the last 30 years of Republican presidents tell us anything, it is that smarts are optional. What people want is a strong leader. Even if they lead us into disaster, they will do ok as long as they make us feel good on the way there.

So dumb it down, Obama. If you have to be smart, at least hide it until you are a winner. And maybe work on that bowling game a bit.