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Originally Posted by August
This is what folks mean when they say the Democrats are elitist. Maybe it's just the Independent in me but i'll never vote for a party that says i'm too dumb to be their boss.
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First off - not a Democrat.
I think you're just disagreeing for the sake of disagreeing. You know darn well that the American electorate is stunningly ill-informed on all sorts of issues and facts - ranging from basic procedures and civics to recent events.
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In 1996 voters were asked whether the deficit had gone up or down under Bill Clinton. It had, in fact, plunged — but a plurality of voters, and a majority of Republicans, said that it had risen.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/19/op...n.html?_r=1&hp
“Whenever the people are well informed they can be trusted with their own government.” - the famous liberal elitist Jefferson.
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only one in four Americans could name more than one of the five freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment (freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly and petition for redress of grievances), but more than half could name at least two members of the Simpsons cartoon family.
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Another poll a few years ago found only one in five Americans knew Congress has 100 senators and only two in five could name all three branches of government.
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http://www.phillytrib.com/tribune/co...mb-ocracy.html