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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 05:03 PM Original message |
50% of Americans must be idiots |
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TTUBatfan2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's a conservative country... |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 05:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I don't buy that at all. I think it is a disconnected, lazy, TV addicted country |
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TTUBatfan2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 05:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Well yes, that's part of it... |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Bingo! Well said....thinking for ones self..."that's hard werk"...!! |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Exactly. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 01:09 AM Response to Reply #7 |
43. I'm not sure I buy that |
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FatDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 07:07 AM Response to Reply #4 |
53. Or as lynyrd_skynyrd put it... |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 12:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
63. You don't have to be tv-addicted to be mislead. |
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MidwestTransplant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. People don't know McCain yet. All they know is war hero. If he is only at 50% |
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Ilithiad (113 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 01:02 AM Response to Reply #1 |
41. conservative |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 10:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
55. "conservative" in the 2008 definition of the word |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 02:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
64. no. i believe its because no one knows him yet and what he stands |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. Well, 50% of those that actually get off of their fat asses and vote. So the idiot level is much |
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BumRushDaShow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
3. Actually, it's 50% of those polled... |
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Ilithiad (113 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 12:52 AM Response to Reply #3 |
37. Polls |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 01:31 AM Response to Reply #37 |
44. Polls play averages. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
5. I just heard something really depressing on Hardball... |
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TTUBatfan2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 05:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Shallow patriotism... |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 05:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. I feel the same way about those idiotic ribbons... |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 06:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. You must hate America |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 07:04 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I know what ya mean... |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 07:23 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Once again, |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 07:31 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I like the way you put that! :) |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 07:37 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Thanks, n/t |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 07:40 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. McCain's poll numbers used to be lower. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 10:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
32. Those ribbons mean "I support Republicans including the Cabal". |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. That's why Obama doesn't portray himself as an anti-war candidate |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 05:15 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Good move - I could never be elected because those games drive me nuts... |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 05:26 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Me neither. |
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Ilithiad (113 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 12:54 AM Response to Reply #5 |
38. war candidate |
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ClayZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 12:55 AM Response to Reply #5 |
39. I am hoping that was just two old men talking, |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 12:57 AM Response to Reply #5 |
40. Nixon: "Peace with honor" ... the antiwar Quaker |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 01:45 AM Response to Reply #5 |
45. I don't believe that's true |
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JimGinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
6. Because The Right Owns Most Of The M$M |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
8. That's right. Mark Twain nailed it. |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
17. I don't pay much attention to the polls |
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marlakay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
18. This is why my husband says he has given up on |
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Jane Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
19. It's because they don't listen to the "news", |
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Willo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
20. This primary alone should make that no surprise. |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
21. just a little gullible |
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DerekJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
24. Thank God I'm Canadian. |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
27. They remember him fighting against Bush at one point |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
30. I continue to believe that something is causing a decline in |
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gulliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
31. They aren't stupid. They just hate us. |
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newmajority (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
33. It's the Corporate Whore Media |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
34. Because of the AWESOME record Republicans had during their 20 years of occupation, THAT'S why!!!1!1! |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
35. Only 50%? |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
36. the media has spent 8 years though defining John McCain |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
42. McCain is perceived as a moderate by a vast number of people. |
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Thepricebreaker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 05:53 AM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Bingo! SO many here at DU over look this... BIG TIME! |
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shaniqua6392 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 06:05 AM Response to Original message |
47. I think you may be right on that "idiot" theory. |
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Perry Logan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 06:17 AM Response to Original message |
48. "The Progressive Majority: Why a Conservative America is a Myth" |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 06:23 AM Response to Original message |
49. I don't get it either. There are a handful of wealthy people who make |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 06:38 AM Response to Original message |
50. Will just make it easier for me to stay where I am |
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Florida22ndDistrict (255 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 06:53 AM Response to Original message |
51. re: 50% of Americans must be idiots |
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shayes51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 07:06 AM Response to Original message |
52. I already knew that. |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
54. You only just noticed? |
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Lou Queb (115 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 11:14 AM Response to Reply #54 |
60. Interesting read my feller english... |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 11:16 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Ah well |
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Lou Queb (115 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 11:59 AM Response to Reply #61 |
62. I agree but I differ in that I think that the population isn't well..you know stupid or whatever |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
56. They are idiots. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
57. half of all Murkans |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
58. I think "change" is starting to ring hollow. W Bush was a "change" |
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crankychatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
59. not 50%...50% of those that vote which is 25% |
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