Are American Voters really stupid?

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Are American Voters really stupid?

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Yes, I wouldn't have believed it until I saw McCain make it past the primary in AZ. All of a sudden he is tough on immigration and the people in AZ believe him and his opportunistic politics. Have they forgotten Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act?
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Are American Voters really stupid?
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Yes. On on both sides of the bi-partisan fence.
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thread title wrote:Are people really stupid?
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Yup, just look at who is in office. (not just Obama)
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Well, about 50% of all people have an IQ below average..
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And the other 50% are above… :roll:

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do you really have to ask?
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Man this is funny Ranking of the State as of 2009 with the avgs IQ's Seems we just elect stupid people with turns makes us stupid.

1. Massachusetts 102.4
2. New Jersey 101.4
3. Vermont 101.2
4. Minnesota 101.0
5. New Hampshire 100.9
6. Pennsylvania 100.6
7. Connecticut 100.6
8. North Dakota 100.5
9. Montana 100.3
10. South Dakota 100.3
11. Maryland 99.9
12. Wisconsin 99.7
13. Ohio 99.7
14. Kansas 99.6
15. Washington 99.6
16. Missouri 99.4
17. Maine 99.4
18. Indiana 99.3
19. Nebraska 99.2
20. Colorado 99.2
21. Wyoming 99.2
22. Delaware 99.1
23. Virginia 99.1
24. Idaho 98.9
25. Oregon 98.8
26. Iowa 98.7
27. New York 98.7
28. Illinois 98.6
29. Utah 98.5
30. Kentucky 98.3
31. Texas 98.2
32. Florida 98.0
33. North Carolina 97.8
34. Alaska 97.5
35. Michigan 97.4
36. Rhode Island 97.3
37. South Carolina 97.0
38. Georgia 96.9
39. Tennessee 96.7
40. Arizona 96.4
41. Oklahoma 96.4
42. Arkansas 96.3
43. Hawaii 95.9
44. Louisiana 95.5
45. Nevada 95.3
46. West Virginia 94.9
47. Alabama 94.9
48. California 94.9
49. New Mexico 94.8
50. Mississippi 93.8
51.District of Columbia 91.2

http://anepigone.blogspot.com/2010/05/s ... -2009.html
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Spidey wrote:And the other 50% are above… :roll:
Looks like we are both wrong.. :P
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Are American Voters really stupid?
Yes and no. Most of them simply don't care, and a ton of those that do care don't care enough to think for themselves and just latch on to the talking point that appeals the most to them. Hence we have the Republidunces and Dummycrats. Honestly people that don't vote are probably doing those of us that do a favor, since they are probably not informed enough to make a good and informed decision anyway.

Another thing to look at is the system by which we inform our voters. Campaign ads that are increasingly negative and accusatory. Third party ads that are even more negative. Is it any wonder that, in the Senate race between Coleman and Franken, that a lot of people who voted for the third party candidate did it to spite the two main opponents for an incredibly negative race?
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if the average IQ level of DC dropped twenty points, it would be considered legally retarded.
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Ferno wrote:if the average IQ level of DC dropped twenty points, it would be considered legally retarded.
If grass were redder, it wouldn't be green. :roll:
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I don't think that American voters are stupid. I think voting based on fear and sunshine up your ass political ads and living on internet message boards spewing your useless opinions make you a brilliant person. I will never tell another person who I vote for.
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You must really be ashamed because of who you vote for then.
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TheWhat wrote:I think voting based on fear and sunshine up your ass political ads and living on internet message boards spewing your useless opinions make you a brilliant person.
WOW you must be damn near an Einstein then huh.
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It's how I was raised you ghud hard whurkers. They have a curtain at a voting booth for a legal reason, it's the law so some toe head doesn't try to intimidate you - ITS CALLED PRIVACY. You'll even crank on that? *golf clap*
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I don't think he got it CUDA.
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TheWhat wrote:It's how I was raised you ghud hard whurkers. They have a curtain at a voting booth for a legal reason, it's the law so some toe head doesn't try to intimidate you - ITS CALLED PRIVACY. You'll even crank on that? *golf clap*
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Heretic wrote:I don't think he got it CUDA.
why am I not surprised :P
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ummm...
I don't tell people who I vote for. It's magic. Now die a car fire, please.
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Hey he's getting smarter with each post. :lol:
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Heretic wrote:Hey he's getting smarter with each post. :lol:
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I'm sure you do so much politically, as in nothing. Save America by posting on the DBB! Yea right.
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TheWhat wrote:ummm...
I don't tell people who I vote for. It's magic. Now die a car fire, please.
are you even old enough to vote?? :shock: because I'm beginning to think the thread was aimed at you.
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lol @ thread.
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Any one wanting another to die in a car fire must be below average intelligence or down right moronic. It's like your failures has made you malevolent toward those who are more successful than yourself. Maybe you should seek help for your psychological illness.
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personally i think TheWhat is hilarious
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Agreed! No one seems to elicit the kind of responses Adam does. :lol:

[Edit: That said, I think this back-and-forth of taking potshots at each other belongs outside E&C.]
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So now it's ok to tell someone to die in a car fire?
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No, not for the E&C. Which is why I suggested Adam take it elsewhere.

(That said, I still think it's hilarious to watch people's reactions when TheWhat comes in and starts his routine.)
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Foil wrote:(That said, I still think it's hilarious to watch people's reactions when TheWhat comes in and starts his routine.)
Dance, puppets! :lol:
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well if he's going to act that way in an open forum, then he deserves the responses he gets in the open forums.
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Hey, the way you people keep providing him with material, it'd be wrong for him not to do it. :P
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One troll defending another troll how trollrific.

Get a haircut and get a real job
Clean your act up and dont be a slob
Get it together like your big brother Bob
Why dont you, get a haircut and get a real job.

While you're at it move out yo Mamas house ya dead beat.
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You crack me the hell up. :lol:
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Heretic wrote:One troll defending another troll how trollrific.

Get a haircut and get a real job
Clean your act up and dont be a slob
Get it together like your big brother Bob
Why dont you, get a haircut and get a real job.

While you're at it move out yo Mamas house ya dead beat.
Twice? :oops:
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Heretic wrote:One troll defending another troll how trollrific.

Get a haircut and get a real job
Clean your act up and dont be a slob
Get it together like your big brother Bob
Why dont you, get a haircut and get a real job.

While you're at it move out yo Mamas house ya dead beat.
heh would you look at that. more static.
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The funny thing is that, if I got my hair cut much shorter at the moment, I'd be bald. :D
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