Now this i find disturbing!!!!

[damyanti]

So Democrats have finally learned that you cant talk to these people intelectually and have taken a lesson out of a Republican book about how you win these things? MUHAHA....turnabout is fair play.

It was Lee Atwater who invented or improved upon many of the techniques of modern electoral politics, including promulgating unflattering rumors and attempting to drive up opponents' negative poll numbers with the aggressive use of opposition research....thats putting it politely that he was arguably the most evil and unethical shmuck of modern politics. He was also disgustingly successful in delivering victory for his Republican candidates. He was also a political mentor and close friend of Karl Rove.

The original report/poll is faulty and staged (questions about Obama that people didnt know are serious matters - I wont go into the debate that his "facts" are deliberately skewed - while questions about Palin are silly stuff, why didnt he ask people how much they know about Palins past "credentials"...some comparison) and the sentiment behind this thread fake and contrived.

What is your point...that a huge percentage of American voters are stupid, uneducated, ill informed? True....but then it all depends on your perspective. I did a research on the theme "the correlation between political orientation and intelligence"....short conclusion from several independent studies, apart from a small group of fiscal conservatives Republican party has by large become a party of dumb people.

There is no denying the fact that news and media outlets have become superficial, sensationalist and dumbed down. But I disagree that the media were so much kinder to Obama and that they were covering some monstrous secrets for him.

I remember media behaving in the same way 8 years ago...when Bush won...because he was perfectly folksy for the media...when it was more fun to make fun of Gore...because they thought that voters were smarter than that and that they were going to vote for the smarter candidate anyway.

I think the media were trying simply not to repeat the mistake from 2000. If one candidate is dumber than the other, I hardly think its fair that the media reports that they are both equaly dumb.

The fact that we disagree which candidate is dumber...though luck...its called freedom of speech....something social conservatives, Republicans and Christian Fundamentalists have been trying to suffocate for years.

Is Obama infallible, is he so much different than all other politicians? Of course not....but he beats Palin by hundred miles in terms of intelligence, qualifications and honesty.

Why Obama won?

Because those people you find disturbing are still smart enough to know that they are worse off today because they bought into Republican propaganda 8 years ago, because for 8 years they have watched retarded person run the world and rather than admiting its mistakes, exposing the truth and punishing corrupted apparatchiks Republican party thought they could get away with it again. John McCain thought the same thing, and instead of denouncing the loonies he tried to win by playing to their lower urges.

He thought wrong. He lost because even God has had enough and has become so sickened and disgusted by people like Palin who speak his name in vain and with mendacity that He/She said enough is enough.

John McCain should have been elected president in 2000 and the world would have been a better place for it. Him running this year...was a case of too little, too late...and has left a very big stain on his legacy.

[Dr_BuzzCzar]

John McCain should have been elected president in 2000 and the world would have been a better place for it. Him running this year...was a case of too little, too late...and has left a very big stain on his legacy.

I strongly supported Sen McCain in 2000 and agree wholeheartedly with your conclusion about 2000 and the stain of 2008. Well said.

[mkemse]

So Democrats have finally learned that you cant talk to these people intelectually and have taken a lesson out of a Republican book about how you win these things? MUHAHA....turnabout is fair play.

It was Lee Atwater who invented or improved upon many of the techniques of modern electoral politics, including promulgating unflattering rumors and attempting to drive up opponents' negative poll numbers with the aggressive use of opposition research....thats putting it politely that he was arguably the most evil and unethical shmuck of modern politics. He was also disgustingly successful in delivering victory for his Republican candidates. He was also a political mentor and close friend of Karl Rove.

The original report/poll is faulty and staged (questions about Obama that people didnt know are serious matters - I wont go into the debate that his "facts" are deliberately skewed - while questions about Palin are silly stuff, why didnt he ask people how much they know about Palins past "credentials"...some comparison) and the sentiment behind this thread fake and contrived.

What is your point...that a huge percentage of American voters are stupid, uneducated, ill informed? True....but then it all depends on your perspective. I did a research on the theme "the correlation between political orientation and intelligence"....short conclusion from several independent studies, apart from a small group of fiscal conservatives Republican party has by large become a party of dumb people.

There is no denying the fact that news and media outlets have become superficial, sensationalist and dumbed down. But I disagree that the media were so much kinder to Obama and that they were covering some monstrous secrets for him.

I remember media behaving in the same way 8 years ago...when Bush won...because he was perfectly folksy for the media...when it was more fun to make fun of Gore...because they thought that voters were smarter than that and that they were going to vote for the smarter candidate anyway.

I think the media were trying simply not to repeat the mistake from 2000. If one candidate is dumber than the other, I hardly think its fair that the media reports that they are both equaly dumb.

The fact that we disagree which candidate is dumber...though luck...its called freedom of speech....something social conservatives, Republicans and Christian Fundamentalists have been trying to suffocate for years.

Is Obama infallible, is he so much different than all other politicians? Of course not....but he beats Palin by hundred miles in terms of intelligence, qualifications and honesty.

Why Obama won?

Because those people you find disturbing are still smart enough to know that they are worse off today because they bought into Republican propaganda 8 years ago, because for 8 years they have watched retarded person run the world and rather than admiting its mistakes, exposing the truth and punishing corrupted apparatchiks Republican party thought they could get away with it again. John McCain thought the same thing, and instead of denouncing the loonies he tried to win by playing to their lower urges.

He thought wrong. He lost because even God has had enough and has become so sickened and disgusted by people like Palin who speak his name in vain and with mendacity that He/She said enough is enough.

John McCain should have been elected president in 2000 and the world would have been a better place for it. Him running this year...was a case of too little, too late...and has left a very big stain on his legacy.

I would rather have had McCain then Bush