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I really do, but pop over to the message thread for the Joe Conason article on "The Dumbing Down of the GOP" and prepare to witness the truly headscratching phenomenon of people who are proud of their ignorance and anti-intellectualism. Coupled with the fact that it apparently took eight years for most Americans to decide this country is on the wrong track -- even re-electing George Bush in the process -- and I find my faith in polls shaken.
Watching this election is the worst roller-coaster ride ever because I keep waiting for someone on the Democratic side to make that one mistake -- that one, dumb, Howard Dean-like yell or Al Gore/John Kerry-gaffe -- that will then be repeated ad infinitum on every news channel and in every newspaper until it becomes part of the common accepted narrative.
I've heard people opine that the country gets the President that it deserves; unfortunately, I've also had to live in the same country with all those people who got exactly what they deserved from Bush, and I'm afraid that in the end we may all have to eat their just deserts again.
That said, your writing has been a great balm to my frustration and anger with the direction of our country. Keep up the good work.
