Posted on 03/09/2010 3:54:40 AM PST by Scanian
Saying that Washington is broken is so yesterday. Like denim, this sentiment will never go all the way out of style, and periodically it will rise to the height of fashion, but those on the cutting edge have moved on for now. It's not Washington that's broken -- it's the American people!
Bill Maher has been calling Americans stupid since last summer. Evan Thomas writes in Newsweek that Americans are typically irresponsible, fat, over-sexed, and think they are smarter than they really are. Thomas Friedman continuously laments in the New York Times that the American people are neither as enlightened nor as disciplined as the Chinese.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Government of the People, by the People is not broke. It is our only salvation if the people wake up and stop voting for evil people.
Don’t bet against America.
And to think in Nov 08 they were the smartest most sophisticated voters ever....
Evan Thomas writes in Newsweek that Americans are typically irresponsible, fat, over-sexed, and think they are smarter than they really are.
I have to chuckle. This is what Washington and Hollywood have teamed up to mold us into and portray us as. It’s been their mission, and they perch themselves above, gazing down upon us.
I know a person who is an executive producer in Hollywood, who has that elitist, condescending attitude about Americans and what entertains them. I can’t get excited about American Idol, etc...
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Geez, Evan! Look at what the educrats & Media have been doing to the American Citizenry for the last 50 years. We've been told that we need to be "tolerant" and "multi-cultural" to the point where public attitudes are squishy and there is not dominant point-of-view on anything that can't be molded or futzed with. On top of that our children have been massively dosed with "self-esteem" to the point where the Media treats their opinions with equal weight as if they were adults. Sorry, some kids are smart, but none have experience.
Next time you want to complain about the American public, Mr. Thomas, you'd better clean up your own shop first.
That ought to build up their audiences. Insult the hell out of them! Good move! ;-)
Projection ain't just a river in Egypt, Evan.
These people confuse governing with ruling, citizens with subjects. They are in need of some education!
Boyer gets the Robert Samuelson quote wrong. Samuelson was referring to politicians and pundits from both sides...not the public at large.
You don't get it...the audience is part of the select elite simply by virtue of the fact that they agree with Maher.
“over-sexed”
Just goes to show you how out of touch Evan Thomas is...or, uh... is it just me?
Naw, it’s me too. ;-)
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