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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (1776)	11/19/2008 2:56:14 PM
From: Neeka	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

Stupid and Dumb are much closer than Dumb and Ignorant. You will remember that. The Democrats in that video are ignorant. I would speculate that democrat politicians would prefer that Americans were dumb. Unfortunate for them, many of us who were subjected to their dumbing down tactics in America schools were too smart to fail. I didn't spot any in the embarrassing video that were stupid or dumb.....but ignorant........all. dumb /d?m/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [duhm] Show IPA Pronunciation adjective, -er, -est, verb –adjective 1. lacking intelligence or good judgment; stupid; dull-witted. 2. lacking the power of speech (often offensive when applied to humans): a dumb animal. 3. temporarily unable to speak: dumb with astonishment. 4. refraining from any or much speech; silent. 5. made, done, etc., without speech. 6. lacking some usual property, characteristic, etc. 7. performed in pantomime; mimed. 8. Computers. pertaining to the inability to do processing locally: A dumb terminal can input, output, and display data, but cannot process it. Compare intelligent (def. 4). 9. Nautical. a. (of a barge) without means of propulsion. b. (of any craft) without means of propulsion, steering, or signaling. —Verb phrase 10. dumb down, Informal. to make or become less intellectual, simpler, or less sophisticated: to dumb down a textbook; American movies have dumbed down.

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (1776)	11/19/2008 3:21:35 PM
From: Neeka	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 103300

No wonder the rest of the world laughs at Americans. How Obama Got Elected POWERLINE Last night I embedded a video by John Ziegler that showed some Obama voters being interviewed about their knowledge of the issues in the campaign. The video is funny, but also instructive. It was prepared in connection with a Zogby poll and the web site How Obama Got Elected. Here are some highlights of Zogby's poll of Obama voters: * 57 percent thought the Republicans still control Congress. Note that this is worse than a random result, since there are only two possible answers. * Only 12 percent could identify Obama as the candidate who said that his energy policies would cause the cost of electricity to skyrocket. The only issues on which the Obama voters were well-informed (or thought they were, anyway) had to do with Sarah Palin. Thus: * 94 percent knew that Palin was the candidate with a pregnant teenage daughter, the highest correct score recorded by Obama voters. * Likewise, 86 percent knew that Palin was the candidate whose party bought her a $150,000 wardrobe. Those answers suggest that the mainstream media's emphasis in this election was not exactly on the nuances of public policy. To be fair, though, they probably also reflect where the interests of Democratic voters tend to lie. This one is interesting: * 87 percent said that Sarah Palin was the candidate who said she could see Russia from her house. Actually, it was Tina Fey who said that. Once again, though, it shows that Palin seemed to be the candidate who made the biggest impression, for better or worse. It's worth noting that the Obama voters in Zogby's sample were 97 percent high school graduates and--rather shockingly--55 percent college graduates. It's almost enough to make you wonder about the future of democracy. Link