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"John McCain, with all he had going against him as the GOP candidate, still received 46% of the vote. That, more than anything else, suggests just how conservative the majority of Americans are."
First off how do you get a "majority" out of 46%?
Or it could suggest how incredibly narrow minded, incredibly incapable of critical thought, incredibly enamored of assbackwardsness, and incredibly easy to manipulate 46% of "teh conservatives" are. Ya think? I'd throw in that a significant portion are actually unrepetent fearful bigots/hypocrites but that would start a real nasty flamewar around here. Then again our side is only marginally better which is, I believe, a focus of many of GG's little missives.
The system is clearly broken and we have two choices. Tear it all down and start over or try to incrementally take it back and fix it. I vascillate from day to day about which path is more likely to work. Maybe neither because the masses are too uninterested or overworked to care. But for 46% there's always paradise in the afterlife so this all doesn't amount to much. For non-believers like me its the only chance. Might actually enjoy watching it all fall if it wasn't for all the human misery it would entail.
