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Thursday, June 5, 2008 12:00 AM

Are you too dumb to vote?

Sure, ignorance is rampant among the American electorate, as Rick Shenkman argues. But without The People, there would be no Democracy as we know it.
By Louis Bayard

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  • Wednesday, June 4, 2008 07:01 PM

    Duh!

    Anyone who voted for McCain, Clinton, or Obama and didn't have plans to make lots of money with the war against our dread enemies, the IRANIANS, is probably both stupid and ignorant.

    Only stupid people believe politicians and journalists today.

    You gotta have FAITH!

    —rupert_c Read rupert_c's other letters

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