Why is our populace so blind?
Because conservatives made a huge mistake by allowing dermo-crats (dermo being the Russian word for what a dog leaves on the neighbor's lawn) an unchallenged monopoly of the public school system.
We've taken the first steps to correcting that oversight with home schooling and proposing vouchers, but we have an uphill battle both ways to get back in the game of teaching U.S. history and civics to tomorrow's voters.