Weirdo, Boring, Dumb.

We figured out the political version of rock, paper, scissors. It all started yesterday, when one commenter, John Stodder wrote:

I think the memories of the last two campaigns are being jumbled. It was John Edwards who got smoked by Cheney, not Lieberman. And it was Gore who got smoked in the 2000 debates, not Lieberman. That's right, everybody: Skippy the Bush Kangaroo smoked Al Gore, three times, decisively. Don't give me this "mainstream media decided the outcome post-debate" nonsense. Gore looked like a total weirdo in all three debates, especially the one where he tried to look manly by standing close enough to Bush that he could have licked his ear. In the rock-paper-scissors of life, Dumb beats Weirdo every time.

Original Mike said:

Love it, but we need the 3rd state.

Smart beats Dumb, Dumb beats Weirdo, Weirdo beats Smart?

Needs work.

An hour later, he produced what Stodder then declared to be the answer: boring. So:

Weirdo beats Boring
Boring beats Dumb
Dumb beats Weirdo

The closest competition came from dishonest. But did we get it right? And does it extend beyond politics to -- as Stodder declared -- Hollywood and blogging? I like the idea of the rock-paper-scissors of life, but I'm distressed at the prominence of "boring" and "dumb"! They seem too much alike... and why all the negative?

Still, this trio works pretty well -- at least as well as rock, paper, scissors. I mean, did you ever really buy the whole paper covers rock bit? Ooh, covers. How dangerous for the rock!

ADDED: And you know what rock says: