None of those voters are as dumb as this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nokTjEdaUGg

On Rush Limbaugh today: “Critique Obamaism, Not Obama. Attacking Obama personally will not work, just like it didn’t work against Clinton. If you want to change minds, you’ll have to focus on Obama’s collectivist policies.”

“Obama equals collectivism. When you stop to think about this, it’s really the opportunity of many of our lifetimes, because we haven’t really dealt with full-bore collectivism as an ideology identified with a political party up ’til now.”

Sweet Pea, you are a good example of the people who voted for Obama.
Not so smart. Joe is not “pretending” to be a liberal. He is ridiculing the liberal mindset. Kinda like Tina Fey dressed up like Sarah Palin–Tina is not Sarah (even tho people thought Sarah Palin said things that Tina Fey said, in ridicule…) So, think about it, and maybe you will enjoy the posts more.

Sally,
Well, I know he is not liberal as he pretends to be. If he is lampooning the liberal mindset I just see it as hatred. Calling me or Pres. Obama voters dumb doesn’t get anything accomplished except to show you people’s contempt and immaturity.

Oh Sweat B,

Are you still here? I missed you. You being the epitomy of Osama-bama voters which is brainless sheep give me great joy in knowing that our country is now in your capable hands. Did you get the jist and spoof in that statement?

Has anyone ever seen Kevin and Sweet Pea in the same room at the same time? Just askin’

talk about a bunch of sore losers! Morons? These are the bloggers who jump all over any “liberal” who even thinks about saying someone is being dumb, and then Jack comes along just in time to comment on how, “name calling is the central theme of all liberalism always since the dawn of time” and now you all are engaging in this mass name calling directed at a huge number of American citizens just because you don’t agree with their politics! ?

and what the hell are you talking about, Frank? Obama isn’t even in office yet. Collectivism my ass. I like how you’re going to play the “media pulled the wool over the eyes of idiot liberals” game and then quote Rush Bimbaugh of all …people!

I love you too, Joe

actually I bet 80+ percent of the voters are stupid/lazy. How else can you explain Obama? People voted for him because they watch CNN and MSNBC and all they have to do is sit there on the couch and watch TV and be told who to vote for. It’s much deeper than a liberal/conservative thing here – it is apathy.

Oh yea – and those weak minded drones bought the “Vote for Change” crap. Yea the change is coming – bailing out every pathetic excuse for a company and charging the middle class for all the socialistic programs he wants…

While I like Palin as a candidate, the seeing Russia comment was pretty stupid. She needs to learn not to ramble, because when she does, she gets off topic, redundant, or Joe Biden like.

Wow, 55 percent of those polled were college grads. So much for developing critical reading and thinking skills.

now that you have a new found interest in the media and it’s influence on politics, have you seen the documentary called “outfoxed” Joe?

I watched it, and let me tell you, as a life-long conservative, it made me want to close my eyes, plug my ears, and yell “LALALALA-I Can’t Hear You-LALALA!”

Joe, I posed the question because election eve I participated in a telephone survey (conducted by another organization) which asked which presidential candidate I intended to vote for and then went on to ask the very same questions posed in this study, including the questions about Walmart and NASCAR. Although I try to pay as little attention to politics as possible, I new the answers. Whew! The caller asked the Walmart/NASCAR questions right after asking whether I considered myself a member of the “investment class.” Admittedly ignorant of what was meant by “investment class” I asked the caller what that meant. She said she had no idea, and even if she knew, she would not be allowed to tell me. My phone being right next to the computer, one Google click later, I was able to answer in the affirmative. How many of us study what Mr. Nader has to say anyway, right. When she posed the questions about Walmart and NASCAR, I had a good laugh and asked the caller why these questions were included in what sounded like a serious assessment of voters’ knowledge of the candidates. Again, she said she could not answer, but she too said she found the inclusion of these questions comical. I was so struck by the inclusion of these two questions in the survey that I mentioned it to my coworkers and to my hair stylist. Everyone I spoke to thought it very odd. Would these questions assess that respondents are getting information and media coverage on issues from the National Inquirer lets say, rather than the NYT or Washington Post because that is what is on the shelves at Walmart? Or that respondents formulated their views on energy/oil gas issues based on whether or not their favorite driver and team will have to retrofit his or her to run on electricity? Having participated in answering the same questions posed in the study you cite, I’m still stumped by exactly what these two questions reveal about people.

sally, I was not in any way discussing Obama, Biden or McCain, so don’t see how they factor into my comments.

Her remark was what I consider to be rather stupid. If Sarah wishes to run again for national office, she needs to fix the problem she has with rambling.

Cathymac,

Well, you know, the stumbling and “uhhh” might give the person a little time to THINK, before answering. I don’t think at all that taking one’s time to answer a question necessarily shows lack of intelligence or knowledge.

How to answer a difficult question is tricky; choice of words important. Those who seem to have a quick answer to everything used to be called “glib”, not always a compliment.

You bet I will! Any person in an important position ought to think before they speak.

Hope Biden will take a lesson from Obama

Hey Zimzo’s Web site is back online!

Nice work and perseverance there, Sammy!

http://africanpress.wordpress.com/

Dans: I agree that Governor Palin does not speak well (under certain conditions). I’ve seen interviews with her where she’s spoken very clearly, and others where she’s spoken very haltingly.

She does have a habit of dropping the first couple of words of sentences, especially if they are about herself. For example, instead of saying “I didn’t order those clothes, nor did I ask for them”, she might say “didn’t order the close, didn’t ask”. Her speaking style can be very passive which makes it hard to follow, especially with her slight accent. However, I think it’s a BIG mistake to call someone stupid when it’s really that you just don’t understand their phraseology. Listen more carefully. I once made the mistake of thinking someone pretty important was stupid because he had an accent and spoke in a style that was different than what I was used to. It turned out he was one of the smartest people I’d ever met.

Russia and Alaska _are_ close and there are true economic and national security concerns that exist _because_ of their close proximity (http://www.gov.state.ak.us/trade/2003/tad/russia/russia.htm). What’s wrong with Governor Palin stating that, even if she doesn’t spell it all out for people who should already know that much about the largest state in the Union?