Aug 25 2008
How Stupid ARE Americans?
I know it’s an ugly stereotype and I know that many Americans are as intelligent as people in other developed countries. But when you see half of the voters being fooled time and again by lies, slander, and other ugliness that the Republicans are masters of, you really have to wonder just how stupid, ignorant, apathetic and/or paralyzed with fear the majority of Americans appear to be.
Only in America could a proven war vet hero be made to look like a coward by a man (well, his team) whose daddy made sure that he never saw any combat or even hard training–and most of Bush’s gang avoided any active military service by similar means. And now, only in America could some of the richest, most elite, most out of touch old white men make so many of their serfs believe that they are “just one of them.”
I mean, the Republican candidate, McCain, doesn’t even know how many houses he owns–as he proved last week–and has supported every bill that gave massive tax cuts to the rich and penalized the middle and lower classes. Yet, all he and Karl Rove–a true psychopath by all definitions of the term…a “man” so vile that he actually looks, thinks, talks and acts like the most stereotypical “evil villain” in any 007 story or similar movie–have got America thinking that only Obama is some rich, out of touch “elitist,” whereas Bush, Cheney, McCain, etc. are all just “good o’l boys.” Only in America will we likely see half of the voters fall for that crap.
By the way, before anyone tries to correct me, I know that Rove’s team and supposedly not Rove himself is helping McCain, since Rove supposedly resigned last year after being busted for some of the crap he’s pulled. But I’m certain he’s still as involved as he ever was, and we know for a fact that, thus far, he has faced no repercussions for the evil he has committed and has refused to testify at any of the hearings that Congress has begged and pleaded for him to attend.
And lest we forget, yes, the Democrats have done a pretty good job of blowing most elections they should have won, especially since Clinton’s presidency. And yes, the Democrats are no better than the Republicans in many ways. But when you actually listen to the ignorance of so many Americans with respect to the issues facing them and the candidates they have to choose from, you really get a sense that the average American is one of the most ignorant creatures in the developed world. Of course, the average Canadian isn’t that much better, as has been proven time and again these past few decades…