[groanup]

"The people are stupid. Otherwise why would they allow our freedom go down the drain and keep voting for Democrats and Republicans so we can never regain it?"

But doesn't this election show that they are getting smarter? Treadwell interprets this as their getting dumber. No, the lockstep idiot vote is being taken over by the carefully informed vote due to new media, etc.

[Austin Willard Wright]

Yeah, the voters voted for the most pro-big government president since LBJ. Is that smarter? I suppose it depends on your point of view.

[Protagoras]

But doesn't this election show that they are getting smarter?

No. They voted for big intrusive government again.

No, the lockstep idiot vote is being taken over by the carefully informed vote due to new media, etc.

Carefully informed? LOL