Does the majority prefer ignorance to civic responsibility?

screembloodymurder

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Sun Oct-26-03 12:45 PM
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Does the majority prefer ignorance to civic responsibility?

Is democratic accountability finished?

http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/polipro/pp2003-09-24.htm

Can a "miserable failure" of a president win re-election? Bush's victory would testify to a civic failure more dangerous to the American future than any policies implemented or continued during a second Bush term. A majority would have demonstrated that democratic accountability is finished. That you can fail in everything and still be re-elected president.

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Skittles

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Sun Oct-26-03 01:20 PM
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1. short answer? yes

they are too busy supplying their bratty kids with the latest mass-marketed fad toy to give a shit.

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Ernesto

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Sun Oct-26-03 01:31 PM
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2. The long answer is

No shit, Sherlock?

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Zorra

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Sun Oct-26-03 01:33 PM
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3. Television

is the heroin of the masses.

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lostnfound

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Sun Oct-26-03 11:21 PM
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5. Did you make that up yourself? LOL

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efhmc

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Sun Oct-26-03 01:36 PM
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4. Laziness and easy feelgoodness rule. Intelligence and reason

are the exception. That is why skewed, biased and inflammatory tv ads always sway voters over calm, reasonable, fairminded, true ads.

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elperromagico

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Sun Oct-26-03 11:39 PM
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6. Bush supporters

are convinced that he's a "good Christian fella," and that's all that matters...

Oh, and did I mention that he "brought civility back to Washington" (read: he isn't getting blowjobs from interns)?

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