*shifty eyes*
The only reason people idealized her as being stupid is because that's how the "mainstream" media made her appear. When polled, a good percentage of people who voted for Obama thought that this skit that was shown on a night show was real. The media attacked her so violently and unfairly because they saw her as a threat. She was a successful WOMAN who was a CONSERVATIVE *insert gasps of horror here*. She wasn't on the right political side, so they attacked her (which is also what the do with a lot of black conservatives as well and, yes, they do exist.) :P