It was pretty funny, and I admit to being pretty surprised that there wasn't a Santorum or a Brownback in the bunch.
However, as we have mentioned before, a video exactly like this could be made full of the foibles of the Democrats as well. Stupidity runs deep on both sides of the aisle, and even deeper in the voting public, who continue to vote them into office over and over and over and over....
There are bad Democrats, but the stupidity on the GOP runs deeper and more dangerous. That is a fact.
As useless as some Dem Reps may be, you won't see them claiming the census is a conspiracy to enslave the masses or ranting against climate science because the Bible is the only report you need or telling women that abortions cause breast cancer.
I'm not sure...is it better or worse to claim that you're the party of the people, and still be rich, in bed with corporate America, and unwilling to actually pass legislation to truly help those who need it? If stupidity runs deeper and more dangerous in the Republicans, does hypocrisy run deeper in the Democrats in Congress?
I think it's all just a product of the Democratic system. The people elect folks to office who look and act like they do, and given that most of the people are stupid, ruled by their emotions, ignorant, and reactionary, they manage to elect leaders in their own image.
Republicans are the party of stupidity. Democrats are the party of hypocrites.
And, yes, you're right... this lazy and complacent country complains about its leaders, but if we ever had a true leader of change, people would really freak out.
i think we have a kind of chicken-egg thing going on here.
the corporate overlords have been doing such a fantastic job of encouraging stupidity that our vast array of electable demagogues seems just large enough to appear as though they weren't handpicked stooges.
i know which ones to be ashamed of, but i know which ones to be scared of.
the hypocrisy of the democratic party majority is palpable, but the insane eliminationist rhetoric of the republican party is what commands my attention.
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Date: 2009-10-17 02:11 pm (UTC)However, as we have mentioned before, a video exactly like this could be made full of the foibles of the Democrats as well. Stupidity runs deep on both sides of the aisle, and even deeper in the voting public, who continue to vote them into office over and over and over and over....
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Date: 2009-10-17 04:22 pm (UTC)As useless as some Dem Reps may be, you won't see them claiming the census is a conspiracy to enslave the masses or ranting against climate science because the Bible is the only report you need or telling women that abortions cause breast cancer.
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Date: 2009-10-17 04:54 pm (UTC)I think it's all just a product of the Democratic system. The people elect folks to office who look and act like they do, and given that most of the people are stupid, ruled by their emotions, ignorant, and reactionary, they manage to elect leaders in their own image.
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Date: 2009-10-17 04:59 pm (UTC)Republicans are the party of stupidity. Democrats are the party of hypocrites.
And, yes, you're right... this lazy and complacent country complains about its leaders, but if we ever had a true leader of change, people would really freak out.
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Date: 2009-10-18 12:57 pm (UTC)the corporate overlords have been doing such a fantastic job of encouraging stupidity that our vast array of electable demagogues seems just large enough to appear as though they weren't handpicked stooges.
i know which ones to be ashamed of, but i know which ones to be scared of.
the hypocrisy of the democratic party majority is palpable, but the insane eliminationist rhetoric of the republican party is what commands my attention.