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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: franksolich on June 24, 2011, 07:10:50 PM
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1348996
Oh my.
cali (1000+ posts) Thu Jun-23-11 07:47 AM
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The American Electorate: Dumb as a box of rocks and a lot more malleable
Yeah, yeah; I've heard all the excuses: It's the MSM misleading us, it's the politicians lying to us, but face it, the American electorate is too lazy and stupid, as a whole, to bother finding the easily obtained facts, many of which are kicking their front doors down while they sit in an American Idol fugue state.
Any one of the nuttier right wing republican candidate could be nominated. And worse, that nominee, be it Bachmann or any of the others could win. Should that happen, the American electorate will bear the lion's share of the responsibility.
RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Thu Jun-23-11 08:04 AM
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1. Yep!!! In fact, Dumb as a truckload of rocks and damn proud of it too. Go USA! Sometimes it's almost a waste of life's energy talking to some people. They are just too stupid and ignorant to even think they should care. They just don't give a F and let others run their lives and determine the future of this country. It's the height of laziness and stupidity. Frankly, IMO, Americans deserve the crap they get.
cali (1000+ posts) Thu Jun-23-11 08:07 AM
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2. I don't think anyone deserves it, but I can't ignore the stupidity.
whathehell (1000+ posts) Thu Jun-23-11 10:23 AM
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53. You should try because apart from the obvious bias and need to "distinguish" yourself, which characterizes most of the self-haters, here, if you had something to compare it to, in terms of living in another country, of similar history and demographics, I think you would.
cali (1000+ posts) Fri Jun-24-11 05:43 PM
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71. lol. word salad nonsense (not to be redundant)
Sorry, honey, but I feel no need "to distinguish myself" at all. Nor am I a "self-hater".
whathehell (1000+ posts) Fri Jun-24-11 07:12 PM
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82. Is that the best you can do, after that long delay, lol?
Sorry, sweetie, but your constant bitching and denigration of other Americans, gives credence to my first point, at least.
Maybe your not a "self" hater just one of everyone else around you.
Big improvement.
There's a whole lot of primitive wiggle-waggling-their-armpits-at-each-other in the campfire, which is a pretty big one. The bitter old Vermontese cali primitive gets her share.
H2O Man (1000+ posts) Thu Jun-23-11 08:26 AM
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9. I agree.
None of the republicans currently running is even close to being qualified to serve as president. There was a point when I thought that their party was accepting, if not content, with President Obama serving two terms. But I think he is going to have a difficult time being re-elected.
It surprises me that even some people on this forum take it for granted that he will have an easy time in 2012. They note some polls that indicate his popularity. However, as we know, elections are won state by state, not by overall popularity. If one looks closely at the map, it is evident that the republican ticket could win. And that's an ugly reality.
Robb (1000+ posts) Thu Jun-23-11 08:37 AM
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10. Meh. Most people believe everyone else is an idiot.
ChoppinBroccoli (1000+ posts) Thu Jun-23-11 09:24 AM
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25. American Voters Are Pretty Dumb, But They're Not THAT Dumb
They were smart enough to see through all the B.S. in 2008, and they roundly rejected Sarah Failin then (and she was on the bottom of the ticket). So what makes you think that 4 years later, they're now willing to accept Failin or someone just as bad (or in most cases, worse) at the TOP of the ticket? Ain't happenin'. Obama wins in a walk, no matter WHO is nominated. The only one who could even give him a run is Romney, and he'd still get a Bob Dole-style beat-down.
hifiguy (1000+ posts) Thu Jun-23-11 09:55 AM
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39. It's the willfulness of the ignorance and stupidity that is so dismaying. So many people in this country are PROUD of their ignorance/stupidity and wear it as a badge of honor. So many people disdain logic or even thought. Much of this is, of course, based in batshit wingnut religion, which demands submission and views questions as the essence of, or at least the precursor to, heresy. Ya can't question gawd, jebus or the preacher-man. Ergo, you don't have to think at all when all the answers are in a book of fairytales at least 2000 years old.
This more than any other reason is why we are done as a society. The only remaining question is when the curtain falls, not if.
whathehell (1000+ posts) Thu Jun-23-11 10:13 AM
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50. Well, how come, with all this "ignorance" and "stupidy, we managed to elect a Black Democrat as President?
Frankly, you come off as just another nay-saying self-hating perssimist,IMO.
Pathetically, you imagine that if you call your countrymen "stupid" you'll be seen as the exception.
It's well worth looking at this campfire in its entirety at the link above.
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Don't forget these people who say Palin is such a blithering idiot are the ones who think Tony Wiener is a genius.
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The repub candidate in the general should make an ad about these comments. Say something like "This is what Obama and the dems think about you."
People do not like to be called stupid.
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TaupeDem (19 posts) Fri Jun-24-11 07:25 PM
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83. How is it that such a good post like this is at only +1 recs? EOM
They're so sensitive about the rec/unrec feature! :lmao:
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cali (1000+ posts) Thu Jun-23-11 07:47 AM
Original message
The American Electorate: Dumb as a box of rocks and a lot more malleable
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Well, 52% appear to be.
There's a community organizer in the WH.
That answer your question, DUmbass?
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But I can kill a rabbit with a stupid rock...and eat the rabbit...WTF can I do with a stupid dUmmie?
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But I can kill a rabbit with a stupid rock...and eat the rabbit...WTF can I do with a stupid dUmmie?
I sure wouldn't eat one. :(
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But I can kill a rabbit with a stupid rock...and eat the rabbit...WTF can I do with a stupid dUmmie?
Hit it with a rock...
To serve as a warning to other DUmmies.
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If you DUmmies are not worried about President PitchingWedge's re-election, you should be. The do as I say not as I do war-mongers, Gitmo closers, stop the Bush tax cut people will stay with him. But, the economy is in a freefall. You've lost the college crowd, unable to find jobs. You've lost the seniors, between 2 years of no COLA and cutting $500 million from Medicare. You DUmmies let him buy off the 99er's too soon. They loved their bennies while they lasted, but, those with an IQ higher than a lunchbox will realize the job market is not going to get better.
I suggest you DUmmies buy stock in Samsonite. Gonna be a lot of bag packing in 2012.
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"39. It's the willfulness of the ignorance and stupidity that is so dismaying. So many people in this country are PROUD of their ignorance/stupidity and wear it as a badge of honor. So many people disdain logic or even thought. Much of this is, of course, based in batshit leftwing
nut religion, which demands submission and views questions as the essence of, or at least the precursor to, heresy. Ya can't question gawd the Won, jebus Gore or the preacher-man Jessie Jackson/Al Sharpton. Ergo, you don't have to think at all when all the answers are in a book of fairytales at least 2000 years old on CNN or in the NYT."
Project much, dummies? :bird:
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The repub candidate in the general should make an ad about these comments. Say something like "This is what Obama and the dems think about you."
People do not like to be called stupid.
Oh hell; I've got Adobe Premiere. I can do it now, put it up on You-Tube and it'll be going like the Energizer Bunny all the way into November 2012.
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Thu Jun-23-11 08:26 AM
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9. I agree.
None of the republicans currently running is even close to being qualified to serve as president. There was a point when I thought that their party was accepting, if not content, with President Obama serving two terms. But I think he is going to have a difficult time being re-elected.
It surprises me that even some people on this forum take it for granted that he will have an easy time in 2012. They note some polls that indicate his popularity. However, as we know, elections are won state by state, not by overall popularity. If one looks closely at the map, it is evident that the republican ticket could win. And that's an ugly reality.
WTH? Someone remind me, what did Obama do prior to running that qualified him to serve as president? The guy is an inexperienced, idealistic boob. :hammer:
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Thu Jun-23-11 10:13 AM
Response to Reply #39
50. Well, how come, with all this "ignorance" and "stupidy, we managed to elect a Black Democrat as President?
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I'd say that your ignorance and stupidity was how said democrat got elected.
But I can kill a rabbit with a stupid rock...and eat the rabbit...WTF can I do with a stupid dUmmie?
Object lesson to other DUchebags.
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Sounds to me like they see the writing on the wall and are bracing themselves for defeat.
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Sounds to me like they see the writing on the wall and are bracing themselves for defeat.
They are bracing themselves for defeat, while laying the groundwork for years of 'stolen election' stories.