Call me a latte-sipping elitist if you want*, but there are some truly stupid people in this country. Even worse, they’re willfully stupid!
Via Ben Smith’s “Things Americans Believe”:
10% of Americans believe [Barack] Obama’s a Muslim
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22% believe President Bush knew about the 9/11 attacks in advance.
30% believe Saddam had weapons of mass destruction.
23% believe they’ve been [...]
…but I certainly feel like I’ve been buried alive lately!
Speaking, tangentially, of being careful what you wish for*, I’d totally understand if Obama was really close to just saying “screw y’all” and handing the nomination to Clinton. Hunter S. Thompson’s sentiment – paraprashing someone else, I believe — “In a democracy, people usually get the kind of government they deserve, and they deserve [...]
I really am trying to lower my political caloric intake right now – and, for the most part, have, thanks to a hectic few days of dealing with the adventures of buying a house – but the events of the past week have simply been unavoidable and difficult to let go unremarked upon. The posts I haven’t written this week would [...]
