Does the majority prefer ignorance to civic responsibility?

[screembloodymurder]

Is democratic accountability finished?

http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/polipro/pp2003-09-24.htm

Can a "miserable failure" of a president win re-election? Bush's victory would testify to a civic failure more dangerous to the American future than any policies implemented or continued during a second Bush term. A majority would have demonstrated that democratic accountability is finished. That you can fail in everything and still be re-elected president.

[Skittles]

1. short answer? yes

they are too busy supplying their bratty kids with the latest mass-marketed fad toy to give a shit.

[Ernesto]

2. The long answer is

No shit, Sherlock?

[Zorra]

3. Television

is the heroin of the masses.

[lostnfound]

5. Did you make that up yourself? LOL

[efhmc]

4. Laziness and easy feelgoodness rule. Intelligence and reason

are the exception. That is why skewed, biased and inflammatory tv ads always sway voters over calm, reasonable, fairminded, true ads.

[elperromagico]

6. Bush supporters

are convinced that he's a "good Christian fella," and that's all that matters...

Oh, and did I mention that he "brought civility back to Washington" (read: he isn't getting blowjobs from interns)?