[GOP_Party_Animal]

The one about not knowing who he was until he was elected is a mistake.

No, it is correct. Most people in this country still believe that Barak Obama loves America and is just doing what he thinks is best in the American tradition. A much smaller percent (present company) knew who this guy was when he crawled out of the cesspool of Chicago politics.

[Steve Van Doorn]

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
Education is the foundation of a democracy.

when only 52% can comprehend what they read then we have an ignorant society.

I am of the belief democracy is at the edge of failing.