How dumb can americans get?

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Dont blame me I'm not asking the question, this was asked by the Daily Mirror this morning.

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[+1] - Piffka - 11/04/2004Don't ask me, I'm from a BLUE state. We feel very isolated, here on the Pacific coast.
[+1] - Region Philbis - 11/04/200455,574,580 of us knew better...
[+1] - blueveinedthrobber - 11/04/2004I didn't realize it was a contest.......
[+1] - woiyo - 11/04/2004Well how silly of 59M Americans to think that Daily Mirror knows better than they do about how to vote in their nation.
[+1] - Region Philbis - 11/04/2004[quote]I didn't realize it was a contest.......[/quote]isn't that what we call something that has a winner and a loser?
[+1] - blueveinedthrobber - 11/04/2004[quote="Region Philbis"][quote]I didn't realize it was a contest.......[/quote]isn't that what we call something that has a winner and a loser?[/quote] see...dumb american :wink: :lol:
[+1] - CalamityJane - 11/04/2004[quote="Piffka"]Don't ask me, I'm from a BLUE state. We feel very isolated, here on the Pacific coast.[/quote] Me too! [img]http://www.mainzelahr.de/smile/cool/yo.gif[/img]
[+1] - RfromP - 11/04/2004I've asked myself the same question. Record deficit, most jobs lost in 75 years, gas prices through the roof and a war for no reason. I'm astonished. What good did George W. do?? If it weren't for...
[+1] - Bella Dea - 11/04/2004If it weren't for 9/11 none of those other problems would be such a problem.
[+1] - cjhsa - 11/04/2004Apparently, 56M of them were dumb enough to nominate John Kerry for president.

Don't ask me, I'm from a BLUE state. We feel very isolated, here on the Pacific coast.

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55,574,580 of us knew better...

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I didn't realize it was a contest.......

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Well how silly of 59M Americans to think that Daily Mirror knows better than they do about how to vote in their nation.

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Quote:

I didn't realize it was a contest.......

isn't that what we call something that has a winner and a loser?

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Region Philbis wrote:

Quote:
I didn't realize it was a contest.......
isn't that what we call something that has a winner and a loser?

see...dumb american :wink: Laughing

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Piffka wrote:

Don't ask me, I'm from a BLUE state. We feel very isolated, here on the Pacific coast.

Me too!

http://www.mainzelahr.de/smile/cool/yo.gif

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I've asked myself the same question. Record deficit, most jobs lost in 75 years, gas prices through the roof and a war for no reason. I'm astonished. What good did George W. do?? If it weren't for 9/11 I suspect Georgie boy wouldn't have been reelected.

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If it weren't for 9/11 none of those other problems would be such a problem.

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Apparently, 56M of them were dumb enough to nominate John Kerry for president.

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cjhsa wrote:

Apparently, 56M of them were dumb enough to nominate John Kerry for president.

hmmm... 59m for bush. and only a measley 56m for kerry. you're right cj. nobody at all voted for kerry.

good thing that it's only about 1/2 of the country that is out of the "mainstream".

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'If it weren't for 9/11 I suspect Georgie boy wouldn't have been reelected.'

Hard to say since 9/11 was directly (or indirectly) responsible for everything you list there.

Except for the gas prices...blame that on those who don't wish to see us energy independant.

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We simply do not defeat an incumbent president in wartime. After wars surely, but never in their midst.

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Kristie wrote:

If it weren't for 9/11 none of those other problems would be such a problem.

As I've said before, we've had worse wars and more expensive tragedies, but never such a deficit. Accepting responsibility is the first step to rational policy.

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Joanie wrote:

We simply do not defeat an incumbent president in wartime. After wars surely, but never in their midst.

Allowing war to insulate a presidency creates perverse incentives.

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Step, I agree....we should spend less.

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Where to begin spending less?

Are we going to cut health care funding, school funding? Scientific research?

At some point, maybe we should think about taking in more as well as spending less?

Cycloptichorn

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Cycloptichorn wrote:

Where to begin spending less?

Are we going to cut health care funding, school funding? Scientific research?

At some point, maybe we should think about taking in more as well as spending less?

Cycloptichorn

Normally, I would hesitate to "take in more," but at this point, we have enough of a problem that prudent budget cutting will not do the trick, particularly given the needy state of some of our existing programs. Yes, we overspent during these last four years, and I agree--we need to approach that problem from both a "revenue" and an "expense" angle. As a generally small gov. sort of guy, this makes me wince--but policy making isn't a cakewalk.

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