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Ignorant Government Officials
Fox News
| 1/18/11
| poll
Posted on 01/20/2011 7:37:24 AM PST by estrogen
Amazing we have a government at all
TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: branchesofgovt; electoralcollege; knowledge; vanity
I heard on Fox News that 49% of the congress couldn't name the three branches of government. Also that a lesser percentage thought the electoral college was an actual college. And these fools are making our laws? It should be a prerequisite that all elected officials take a civics test......if they can't pass it, they don't have the HONOR of serving.
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posted on
01/20/2011 7:37:29 AM PST
by
estrogen
To: estrogen
Anyone want to bet that the 49% is mostly composed of D’s.
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posted on
01/20/2011 7:39:41 AM PST
by
mnehring
To: estrogen
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posted on
01/20/2011 7:41:46 AM PST
by
Pan_Yan
To: mnehring
Too bad for the rest of the country that the Demographics of that poll will never see the light of day.
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posted on
01/20/2011 7:42:01 AM PST
by
TexasPatriot1
("Tyranny is defined as that which legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry" Jefferson)
To: estrogen
Sadly, the people who voted them in are even dumber. I would love to see that all voters must pass a current events test before being allowed to vote. Yeah, I know it could never happen, especially when some dead people still vote. (In Lake County, IN, some dead people voted twice!)
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posted on
01/20/2011 7:43:29 AM PST
by
econjack
(Some people are as dumb as soup.)
To: mnehring
“Anyone want to bet that the 49% is mostly composed of Ds.”
I have no doubt of this....None!
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posted on
01/20/2011 7:45:42 AM PST
by
SumProVita
(Cogito, ergo...Sum Pro Vita. (Modified Decartes))
To: Pan_Yan
I stated this is something I heard on Fox News yesterday. Don’t know who did the poll.
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posted on
01/20/2011 7:50:07 AM PST
by
estrogen
(2012 can't come soon enough)
To: econjack
Who would write the test? Remember the poll that came out a few weeks ago where FNC voters were determined to be grossly misinformed. I think the test would be similar.
To: econjack
If I had my druthers, only tax-paying property owners would be allowed to vote.
But I'm a political fossil.
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posted on
01/20/2011 8:00:37 AM PST
by
Flycatcher
(God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
To: KansasGirl
I’d be happy to volunteer. I think a small committee consisting of 4 members from all parties at the state level could do it.
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posted on
01/20/2011 8:19:27 AM PST
by
econjack
(Some people are as dumb as soup.)
To: Flycatcher
That was the intent of the framers of the Constitution. I think a reasonable alternative would be that only people directly paying income taxes get to vote.
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posted on
01/20/2011 8:21:30 AM PST
by
econjack
(Some people are as dumb as soup.)
To: econjack
Sadly, the people who voted them in are even dumber. I would love to see that all voters must pass a current events test before being allowed to vote. Yeah, I know it could never happen, especially when some dead people still vote. (In Lake County, IN, some dead people voted twice!) We can only vote for those who offer themselves for office, those who run. The Left, employing the politics of personal destruction through the media, make it harder for us to have good conservative candidates. If a conservative can be shown that he cheated on his wife thirty years ago we bounce them. Liberals can run prostitution rings out of their apartments, Barney Frank, lockup rent controlled apartments for their own use, Charlie Rangel, and be rapists, Bill Clinton, and the media and the Liberals ignore it as long as they can get elected.
The Democrats who don't pay their taxes are too numerous to list but if a conservative makes an honest mistake the Liberals and the media demand his head. We have a much longer row to hoe than the Liberals.
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posted on
01/20/2011 8:49:25 AM PST
by
Mind-numbed Robot
(Not all that needs to be done needs to be done by the government.)
To: Flycatcher
If I had my druthers, only tax-paying property owners would be allowed to vote. I assume you are talking about real estate. Everyone owns property of some sort.
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posted on
01/20/2011 8:54:10 AM PST
by
Mind-numbed Robot
(Not all that needs to be done needs to be done by the government.)
To: Mind-numbed Robot
Alas, all very true, but still no excuse for not trying.
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posted on
01/20/2011 8:54:45 AM PST
by
econjack
(Some people are as dumb as soup.)
To: econjack
I doubt they’d let “mentally ill,” anti-government extremists such as yourself help write the test.
To: KansasGirl
Mentally ill...me? Also, I'm not really anti-gov’t, as I know a stable gov’t is requisite to a viable economic system. In a nutshell, I support the gov’t in providing public goods (e.g., goods the private sector can't or won't supply) and policing property rights (e.g., a legal system, standing military, etc.). However, I feel the current gov’t at all levels exceeds those Constitutional directives and would love to see them back out of those places where they shouldn't operate.
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posted on
01/20/2011 9:25:09 AM PST
by
econjack
(Some people are as dumb as soup.)
To: econjack
You know that and I know that, but I doubt the ruling class sees it that way.
To: estrogen
The poll was conducted by Intercollegiate Studies Institute. There was a thread on FR with a link to an aol article that had information on the poll and gave a sample of questions contained on the test. I think I saw the thread on the 14th, The aol article was titled Opinion: Elected Officials Flunk Constitution Quiz.
To: Flamenco Lady
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