I've been thinking about that woman in Pittsburgh who hit herself and scratched herself. I've read things on other liberal blogs that express concern for the woman's mental state. "Any one who did this really needs help and our sympathy." Bullshit. All the high level campaign people in the Republican party started as college students pulling dirty tricks and screwing their opponents. Rehnquist (yes I know he's dead) started hassling blacks and Latinos at polling stations in Arizona.
These people are scum and deserve to be ostracized like the scum they are. Unfortunately they will not be. There are a massive number of people who love this stuff and who believe it even when it is disproved. Facts, even the simplest, do not seem to get in their way. "Obama isn't just in favor of abortion for all nine months, he also wants to kill any babies born if the abortions aren't successful." That statement isn't just wrong. It is laughably wrong, yet people seem to believe it. Some at least.
I think back on the elections in Spain and Russian after the fascists were thrown out in Spain and the Communists in Russia. The voters in both those countries voted about one-third for the fascists and communists. I guess that is kind of an optimistic view of things here. On the other hand it seems to be a kind of globally pessimistic point of view. That is that having 35%-40% voting for McCain, isn't that much worse than the rest of the world. So that we aren't really that much dumber as a nation. On the other hand, at least a third of the entire world is made up of bat shit crazy idiots.
Well, maybe to be fair, maybe it isn't a third. I mean at least a per centage of the people who vote that way were getting some direct benefits from the corrupt ruling class in all three countries. However, then probably a quarter of the people in the world are too stupid to pick their own nose.
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