Washblog

In our household, there's an acute distrust of the intelligence of the overall electorate. It seems easy for my wife and I to see thru campaign lies  now. But if such is wisdom, that ease of perception has come at a price - almost 5 years of activism that began with our reluctant entry into the political process when Bush lied and invaded.

We were naive and angry back then.

Now we feel at times hopelessly addicted to our activist concerns. Now we seem unable to disconnect from our political passions at the expense of many other positive aspects of our lives.

We seem to need those repeated remindees that our friends, family and neighbors don't share that intensity.

Whether friends, family and neighbors watched the debate or not, we have a concern that the Republican campaign propaganda or the word-of-mouth expansion of their infection is still possible.

Is the electorate still as gullible and vulnerable as it was in 2004?Matt Taibi on alternet has this opinion:

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 Here's the thing about Americans.

You can send their kids off by the thousands to get their balls blown off in foreign lands for no reason at all, saddle them with billions in debt year after congressional year while they spend their winters cheerfully watching game shows and football, pull the rug out from under their mortgages, and leave them living off their credit cards and their Wal-Mart salaries while you move their jobs to China and Bangalore.