In response to the concern about whether it's in common usage, a quick search on Google turns up over 5600 links to the term. So it's out there.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 13:59, 17 January 2010 (EST)
::I recommend dropping "dimwitted." --as in the Palin example, saying she fell into a dimwitted trap has CP making her look stupid. [[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 14:25, 17 January 2010 (EST)
:::I'm open-minded about this. But sometimes smart people are tripped up by dimwitted questions (liberal traps), simply because smart people are not used to being ambushed by such idiotic tactics. Presumably you've sat on doctoral review panels and found an intelligent candidate tripped up by a simple-minded, softball question that was unexpected.
:::The finest baseball hitters in the game have struck out on the change-up, and applying that observation to this context seems to add information and value.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 14:32, 17 January 2010 (EST)