Has anyone ever been tempted to just call the entire American electorate "stupid" on DU

[Writer]

offer the electorate a generous middle finger, then stomp off to your ivory tower of self-reflection?

Anyone? ANYONE???

Edit to add the teasy tongue emote: :P

[walnutpie]

1. sort of an

"everyone's an idiot for not thinking like me" gesture?

[Cant trust em]

2. I wouldn't say that the entire electorate is stupid. Just most of them.

How else would George Bush get elected twice?

[EFerrari]

7. Bush never won 1 election. He was selected once

and he stole Ohio once.

There are archives in the Election Reform forum for your perusal.

[Cant trust em]

9. True. But I'm still amazed that it was so close. nt

[GreenArrow]

13. Ronald Reagan then. He did get elected twice.

I find the idea that Bush stole the election more comforting than the thought that people actually elected him.

[EFerrari]

20. I spent many hours digging before concluding that 2004 was stolen.

And not just in OH. But anyway, you're probably right about Reagan. I don't know anything about those elections so I can't speak to that. On the other hand, while Jack Kennedy might have been the first candidate that benefited from media coverage, Raygun was the first one that was a media creation, imho.

[anonymous171]

3. Happens pretty much everyday.

"WHY WON'T AMERICANS UNDERSTAND THAT WE KNOW WHAT'S BEST FOR THEM AND THEREFORE DON'T HAVE TO TELL THEM ANYTHING OR CAMPAIGN AGGRESSIVELY FOR THEIR VOTES! FUCK THIS REDNECK XTIAN NATION!" is a very common theme.

[EFerrari]

4. No. People aren't stupid. They are stressed out, misinformed and distracted

but they are not stupid. That's just bs.

[Puglover]

16. Okay then.

Incurious and undereducated. Listen to Michael Moores interview on DemocracyNow today. He throws out a figure of 40 million functionally illiterate adults in the US and talks about how Bush the Younger appealed to them as he made it "cool" to be stupid. I'm sorry, I don't have a whole lot of faith in the electorate.

[EFerrari]

17. The thing is, there is this whole huge right wing media machine

that works 24/7 to shape public opinion. How can a working person compete with that? And the example of Junior the Torture President is a good one. The presstitutes sold him really hard. :shrug:

[Puglover]

27. You compete with it.

I do as well.

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. Sure, right after Congress and most of rest of them in DC

[Bonhomme Richard]

6. Childish like 8 year olds is closer for me. n/t

[Oregone]

8. Been there. Done that

[damntexdem]

10. No, no one has ever been tempted.

Of course, some have done it anyway. ;-)

[Rebubula]

11. LOLZ

Because the rest of the world always elects the most ethical and upstanding people! Gosh...if only the Americans would elect good people the world would be perfect!

Seriously...do you even listen to yourself?

[bear425]

12. If the "Ivory Tower" of that you speak is someone's basement

then I believe some here have felt this way.

[OHdem10]

14. When we have known for years Americans turn to TV for News,

you can not blame them for the Ignorance. Blame TV News.

If they are told, they remain ignorant.

Example: One Program 30 minutes on Edwards and he is no
longer in Politics. 1-2 minutes on the SC Decision on Corporations
and Elections.

Rarely, do they point out the truth so people are left with lies.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

15. A lot of them are smart enough not to take the political charade very seriously.

The players change but the play's the same. And, as drama a flop, as comedy, it's losing it's audience. (Except for Palin, she still offers a pretty good schtick of real wackiness).

[RoyGBiv]

18. Daily ...

I keep having these fantasies about a society based on a meritocracy form of government.

[Burma Jones]

19. I like the Tommy Lee Jones line from Men in Black

"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it."

People are scared right now.

[MercutioATC]

21. No, and neither did Rahm.

Don't just read the sensationalist headlines, read the article.

Rahm said that the idea of running attack ads against more conservative Dems was "fucking retarded"...which, depending on one's views, and despite the language he used, is actually correct.

[timeforpeace]

22. Might seem just a tad ungrateful after the results of November 2008. Poor form, in other words.

[Q3JR4]

23. Who was it that said that "individual people are smart,

but crowds are stupid" (I paraphrased of course)...?

Q3JR4.

[Demoiselle]

24. Yes. .

You got a problem with that?

[dorkulon]

25. I'm afriad I gave in to that temptation early and often.

After all, the American electorate is pretty stupid. You could probably prove it in court.

[unabelladonna]

26. absolutely

people are surprisingly dumb in the USA....so many don't know how to put sentences together, have no knowledge of civics, and probably shouldn't be allowed to vote(yeah i know it's elitist). it's very discouraging.

[Joe Fields]

28. It's a daily ritual for me.

[Odin2005]

29. I do it all the time.

:yoiks:

[HipChick]

30. you mean like this..

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

31. No, not stupid. Ignorant, yes. Incurious, yes. Self-absorbed, yes. Uninformed, yes. I don't

blame them entirely on this last point. We have a broadcast MSM that only gives them the news they want the public to hear.
On being self-absorbed, so many people have so much on their own personal plates, they are dancing as fast as they can to survive.