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it really makes me laugh

we like to think of ourselves as intelligent yet, without fail, we vote en masse for the person who turns out to be the most incompetent fuckwit imaginable. then we bitch and moan about it till the next election, when we do exactly the same thing again.

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Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sat 10 Sep 2011, 18:35, archived)

that's because there is no such thing as mass intelligence

and even if there were, it would make no difference because the outcomes of elections are influenced by a zillion competing factors unrelated to intelligence. But I will agree in principle that it has been a long while since I've seen any "leaders" deserving of respect, and we get what we deserve.

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LS18, Sat 10 Sep 2011, 18:45, archived)

tennis match

i copped onto this when i was about twelve, even though i knew/know little or nothing about politics .

(Rattlehead all time with the gay, forever touching, Sat 10 Sep 2011, 18:46, archived)

true. But alas, that is the system we have.

And fumbling as it is, I don't know that a better one exists (outside fantasy books)

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LS18, Sat 10 Sep 2011, 18:49, archived)

i think people could make a start by complaining about the unfair coverage ron paul gets

good to see john stewart at least gave it a mention.

(Rattlehead all time with the gay, forever touching, Sat 10 Sep 2011, 18:52, archived)

Paul has some really good ideas

I think he just comes across as squirrely and would be eaten alive for that alone.

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LS18, Sat 10 Sep 2011, 18:59, archived)

i think that's a major problem

voters need to get over aesthetics and actually listen to what the candidate has to say.

(Rattlehead all time with the gay, forever touching, Sat 10 Sep 2011, 19:02, archived)

complaining seems to do nothing but make the complainer feel a little better

which goes some way to explaining my appalling apathy

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Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sat 10 Sep 2011, 19:00, archived)

it's better than doing nothing

sometimes it has a positive effect.

(Rattlehead all time with the gay, forever touching, Sat 10 Sep 2011, 19:09, archived)

Ron Paul is pretty sane compared to the others.

He still believes that evolution is just a (n untrue) theory and that abortion is murder. Still makes more sence thant the alternatives. He would stop USA's foreign politics if he got into office, and as such he is currently a better option than Obama who promised and then took back.

(Otis Flemming Look, I have a Board Sig., Sat 10 Sep 2011, 19:23, archived)