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Actually I'm pretty sure the majority of the people of the United States of America got to pick the president. As in, the majority of the people in this country think you are the dipshits you support are, well, dipshits. The current crappy state of the union would attest to that.
America has been governed by radical right-wingers for the past 8 years and our national discourse has been dominated by right-wingers since the era of Reagan. It's about time we countered that nonsense with some good, hands-on, grass roots progressivism.