We Be Dumb, But We Be Happy
By Johnny Roosh
As the saying goes “the people they’ve been waiting for” may not be the brightest bulbs on the tree.
A recent Zogby poll: they can’t even find the tree.
83% failed to correctly answer that Obama had won his first election by getting all of his opponents removed from the ballot, and 88% did not correctly associate Obama with his statement that his energy policies would likely bankrupt the coal industry. Most (56%) were also not able to correctly answer that Obama started his political career at the home of two former members of the Weather Underground.
Nearly three quarters (72%) of Obama voters did not correctly identify Biden as the candidate who had to quit a previous campaign for President because he was found to have plagiarized a speech, and nearly half (47%) did not know that Biden was the one who predicted Obama would be tested by a generated international crisis during his first six months as President. . . .
57% of Obama voters were unable to correctly answer that Democrats controlled both the House and the Senate.
The test was multiple choice. This goes a long way to explaining how BHO garnered such momentum in the race for the White House.
November 20th, 2008 at 9:07 am
One of the most frustrating things this fall was talking to those who said they were going to vote of Obama, and giving them directy quotes of what Obama-Pelosi said they are going to do, and being more or less called a liar. “No, he is not going to do that.” There are hard core liberals who new the truth but wanted to downplay it. But many people are clueless. Hope! Change!
November 20th, 2008 at 9:12 am
But then you kooks think Saddam Hussein personally piloted both planes into the World Trade Center. So I’m not sure you’re in a great position to criticize normal people who haven’t memorized Obama’s voting record in the Illinois legislature.
November 20th, 2008 at 9:43 am
Clown,
Name names. Who thinks Saddam Hussein personally piloted both planes into the WTC? After all, you guys have assured us that fire doesn’t melt steel and that the WTC was collapsed by thermite charges personally set by Cheney under direct orders of the ChimpyMcBushHitler.
Please explain how 57% didn’t know that the Democrats control Congress.
November 20th, 2008 at 9:43 am
I am not a kook. But then I also didn’t think that Obama’s choice of Sarah Palin to be his VP was a good reason to vote for him, either, as large numbers of Obama’s voters did.
November 20th, 2008 at 10:13 am
I think the clown is refering to a tendentious study that was done back around 203-2004.
Here it is:
http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/articles/international_security_bt/102.php
The article (a summary of public opinion polls) is introduced by this statement:
This study was very poorly done. The authors use the findings of various intelligence agencies that their were no operational links between Hussein & Al Qaida have been found as being identical in meaning to “no links between Hussein & Al Qaida have been found”.
Once again the left has embraced bad science because it reinforces their world view.
November 20th, 2008 at 11:01 am
Looking at the questions, it’s very instructive to see how most respondents knew the negative things about McCain/Palin (even some made up negative things), but did not know any negative information about Obama/Biden, by and large. I would have to suggest that the mainstream media bear a great deal of responsibility for this, as well as for convincing AC that conservatives actually would believe Saddam Hussein was capable of two suicide attacks. What is he, a cat?
Hopefully the terrorists don’t overcome their aversion to house pets and get meowing, reusable suicide bombers!
November 20th, 2008 at 11:39 am
I think the various clips of “voters” being asked simple questions (“Who controls Congress, the Republicans or Democrats”, etc….) are hilarious. And scary.
Do I think that the majority of Democrat voters are less politically aware than ‘pubs? Yes. But there are more of them, too. But that varies according to areas, too.
I’d like to see some research done on this:
I’ll bet that Democrats in rural areas are smarter than Democrats in cities (by percentage). I’d bet the inverse is true of ‘pubs: ‘pubs in cities are smarter (on average) than ‘pubs in rural areas.
I got no stats, I just think it might fall that way. Be interesting….
November 20th, 2008 at 11:39 am
Controlling the media meant that folks not well plugged into multiple information sources were stuck with what little information the media was willing to give on Obama, and as studies showed, over 65% of the Obama reporting was favorable.
Job accomplished, MSM. You may now begin applying for your bailout.
November 20th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
Big Media being the gatekeeper really makes a difference. Example…how many people know about Dan Qualye spelling Potatoe the way Gearge Washington (and I) do? Almost everyone.
How many people know that the public school teacher, a member of the NEA, handed Dan the card with that spelling on it?
November 20th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Gee, Chuckwagon, that’s a blast from the past. But why are you going on about Republitards from the past when you kooks have Caribou Barbie?
November 20th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Hey, clown, I’ll try again.
What has Obama done that qualifies him to be president?
Until you can answer that you really shouldn’t mock the the governor of our largest state.
November 20th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
“Hey, clown, I’ll try again.
What has Obama done that qualifies him to be president?”
Won more than twice as many electoral votes than his opponent, big fella. Guess the paperboy accidentally threw your copy of the Honolulu Pennysaver in the volcano again.
November 20th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
Winning is not a qualification. Hell, you could hire an auto mechanic to fill a stock broker position. Doesn’t mean that he’s qualified.
Every time you bring up the “caribou barbie’ nonsense I’m going to bring up how little you care about the Current Occupant’s qualifications for the job you selected him for, so you should make an effort to come up with something.
Wasn’t he the editor of his college paper?
November 20th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
How many times does angryclown have to tell you, Terry:
It was a ‘review’, not a ‘paper’.
If angryclown knows anything, it is that ‘reviews’ are so totally, way much, better than ‘papers’. Hehe.
November 20th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
Terry whimpered: “Winning is not a qualification.”
To paraphrase Vince Lombardi, it’s the only qualification.
Ask Shrub.
November 20th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Whatever, angryclown. You win the “most childish name caller” award, OK?
And you think Barack Obama is really, really qualified to be POTUS, but you can’t explain why. Fair enough?
November 20th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
“”What has Obama done that qualifies him to be president?””
Oooo, I’ll play . . .
He turned 35 *laughing*
“”he governor of our largest state. “”
By Area, maybe, but 47th in population
November 20th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
Or is it 57th?
November 20th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
Republicans are really good at winning states that don’t have many people in ’em, Grandmaster Flash. They’re very popular with cattle and tumbleweeds.
November 20th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Well, that explains Harry Reid, byron Dorgan, Tom Daschle, Joe Biden, Tim Johnson, and other Democratic pols from low population states….not exactly, does it?
November 20th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Republicans are really good at winning states that don’t have many people in ‘em, Grandmaster Flash. They’re very popular with cattle and tumbleweeds.
I’ve been to Texas and they seem to have a fair number of people down there.
November 20th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
“Republicans are really good at winning states that don’t have many people in ‘em”
The GOP got Texas.
The Dems get Delaware & Hawaii.
You are a dumb clown.
November 20th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
So, Flash, SPalin & Obama are equally qualified to become president?
November 20th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
They’re very popular with cattle and tumbleweeds.
Whereas Democrats are very popular with sheep and the marginally literate. And the functionally illiterate, for that matter.
November 20th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
Terry blathered: “The GOP got Texas.
The Dems get Delaware & Hawaii.”
Well isn’t that sweet. Say, how did things turn out in California, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Florida, Ohio, Michigan, North Carolina, New Jersey and Virginia? Oh, and Minnesota?
You kooks got (some of) the Confederacy and all the states where the bison roam free. And those rightwing bison will have to learn to say “President Obama” starting in January.
Bwahahahahaha!
November 20th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
We can say “President Obama” right now. You. on the other hand, couldn’t quite elevate yourself above “Shrub”. Such class.
November 20th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
If voters had to pass a basic civics test before entering the voting booth we wouldn’t be discussing a President Obama. Zogby’s poll ought to indicate to us, quantitatively, what most of us already know – Obama won on the strength of electoral ignorance. This does not mean he’s not entitled to the Oval Office. But, it does mean that the expectations of the people who put him there are grossly out of synch with the eventual reality. In other words: You have no idea who you elected, do you?
November 20th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
Zat so Kerm? I hear a lot of you Mitchketeers calling him “The One” and whatnot. Doesn’t matter to Angryclown though. Cause the bottom line is bad guys lose, good guys win. Suck on that, why don’t you?
November 20th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
bad guys lose, good guys win.
Bush won twice.
Gore and Kerry didn’t.
By jove, you’re right.
November 20th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
AC? Your wasting valuable pixels & bandwidth making the obvious point that Obama (Aka ‘Kenyan Ken’) won the election by getting majority votes in more big states than McCain.
And you’re accusing me of ‘blathering’?
The quality of your snark is declining. You know, you can tivo the Daily Show and watch it at your leisure. Might help to refresh your material.
November 20th, 2008 at 6:36 pm
I hear a lot of you Mitchketeers calling him “The One” and whatnot.
I’m calling him Mr. Obama. The same term the white-knuckled media used for Bush for 8 years. I hope I won’t have to change that to “Disaster”. I guess time will tell, won’t it?
November 20th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
I think the proper thing to do is to refer tol The One as Barry Soetoro…you know, like his Indonesian passport says.
November 20th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
angryclown sounds like the kind of guy bouncers can’t wait to make a mistake so they can throw him out of the bar. Just a sense. He seems to be the most dangerous of God’s creations – which is – a liberal who finds it impossible to argue the merits of a debate because that would require actual comprehension – that it’s easier to sound intelligent by accusing others of being too stupid. Kind of like the liberals I know who just roll their eyes and say “Bush. Disaster. How can you even suggest the man ever did anything right?”
November 20th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
“a liberal who finds it impossible to argue the merits of a debate because that would require actual comprehension”
True. Occasionally he will try to make a coherent argument in favor or against a political position, but he doesn’t do that very well and when his argument gets refuted he just turns up the snark dial and moves on to another of Mitch’s or JRoosh’s posts.
A sure sign that AC has found himself once again in death-spiral mode is a reference to Nixons “Southern Strategy” and the confederacy.
Most of the time he manages to suppress his homo-erotic feelings about Swiftee. Count your blessings.
November 20th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
angryclown sounds like the kind of guy bouncers can’t wait to make a mistake so they can throw him out of the bar.
Clownie is a self-parody. He’s just too self absorbed to realize it. It’s a shame. The guy’s undoubtedly intelligent, but that only goes so far. To qoute Mr. Swift, “Pffft”.
November 21st, 2008 at 5:24 am
Your criticisms of Angryclown have found their mark. Truly. Angryclown has turned over a new leaf and will put down his mighty seltzer bottle. Henceforth he will treat those of more… modest intellectual gifts with patience and respect.
So, “Terry.” Is that a dude’s name or a lady’s name? As for you, Big Stink, you have chosen your alias well. And Kermit, say hi to Miss Piggy and the tadpoles for me, wouldya?
Wocka wocka!
November 21st, 2008 at 9:01 pm
And he still has nothing to say to Obama’s qualifications.
& the word “present” isn’t that hard to remember… even for a leftist.
November 22nd, 2008 at 1:02 am
I’ve been lurking here for a long time, and I finally have to ask…
I’ll direct this question to Mr. “Angry Clown.”
This blog is highly personal, and I get tired of the constant personal insults. However, I really have to ask about you, Mr. “Clown.” You and one other guy (“Penigma”) seem to live your lives to hang out here, and insult everyone who ever posts. The insults rarely rise above being juvenile (Penigma is much better in that regard, I have to say), but it’s just WEIRD that the first post is usually from one of you, and it almost always consists of a “you’re stupid, you’re stupid, you’re wingnuts” kind of tirade.
What do you guys get out of this? This is certainly a highly partisan, personal blog. It’s not a stupid one, however. I’m a conservative, and I’m not stupid. I’d like to engage in some intelligent debate. It’s just not possible here. What kind of people are you? I don’t go to the HuffPo and yell “communist” all the time (and I do mean ALL THE TIME).
I’m genuinely interested in what motivates you folks.
AB
November 22nd, 2008 at 10:09 am
I’ll let you in to Angryclownworld, Alec, just for a moment. It’s entertaining, like shooting big dumb bison from a transcontinental train must have been, way back when. Plus I like Mitch. His politics are almost always completely wrong, but we seem to have very similar perspectives on things that actually matter: music, film, chicks, city life.
For some reason the folks like you, Alec, who call Angryclown out for taking potshots at wingnuts are somehow blind to the constant derision the Mitchketeers pour down on the people they disagree with (peruse the collected works of Swiftee, for example.) Angryclown is more the sort to return fire, in overwhelming volume, than to whimper “can’t we all just get along?”
Argument takes time, which Angryclown doesn’t have in great quantity. And the Mitchketeers have, in the main, proved themselves to be impervious to reason. What’s more, they make up their own facts. Try to educate them, if you wish. You will soon tire of the effort.
Ridicule, by contrast, is easy, quick and rewarding.
But most of all, Alec, Angryclown slags wingnuts because it’s the right thing to do.
As one beloved member of the Minneapolis clowning fraternity once said: “A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants.”
November 22nd, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Chuckles the Clown, I believe, as recounted by the late great Ted Knight. Man, I loved that show (and MTM was hot back when I was twelve).
With all respect, Clown, you do have a great deal of time, as evidenced by the thousands of posts you’ve made on this blog. I’m reminded of daytime talk hosts, who complain that we’re all “too busy” to take time with things (the exception being watching daytime TV, I guess).
I agree that SITD is unfortunately personal and mean. I read it because I enjoy Mitch on the radio (a great deal) and in print (sometimes). But you’re one of the main drivers of the tone here. If you weren’t here, the folks who like to call everyone names would be yowling at the moon.
I argue for a living, and do pretty well at it. I’m not afraid of a good confrontation, and I’m certainly not “whimpering” (thanks) that we should all get along. There’s just not much good about a lot of the confrontations here. I was really just interested in people who hang out in a particular blog (interesting that they seem to stick with one in particular) only for the purposes of engaging in these kind of antics. “You suck” isn’t an argument, it isn’t funny, and it isn’t “rewarding.” It is quick and easy, though.
Okay. My two cents (1 and one-half, with our recent deflation). I’ll fade back into the ether, and let you guys get on with it.
-Alec
November 22nd, 2008 at 3:50 pm
In other words, AC doesn’t like to take time to think… It’s easier that way.
If you come close to making him think, he claims he’s “shunning” you, even when he obviously reads every word you write.
November 24th, 2008 at 11:36 am
I disagree with you, Alec. Flash is a gentleman. Yet he gets ripped pretty good around here. And Peev has entire blog threads that attempt to take him apart. If the Mitchketeers began treating opposing views with a little more respect, they’d get respect in return.
The far-right kooks have home court advantage on SITD. Angryclown wonders why you call so many cheap-ass fouls.
“Boohoo, Angryclown bumped me on that last slam-dunk!”