I work with a lot of Demonrats. They are not stupid. In fact, for eight years about the only response they had to all the corruption that was evident was, "They're all crooks!" In other words, they knew their guy was corrupt, but their character was so low, so weak, or so absent that they had to delude themselves into believing that their guy was no worse than any of our guys.
Admittedly, a fair amount of them are ignorant, being the captive slaves of the mainstream media. One of my colleagues, a frothing-at-the-mouth Goron who was absolutely venomous during the Floriduh circus last year, got turned on to conservative talk radio while driving back from a business trip after being stranded by the 9/11 attacks. He seems addicted now, and it's quite amusing when he stops in to tell me the latest he's heard from Rush. Of course, he regards conservative radio to be a form of entertainment, but what's got him hooked is that he's hearing things there that he doesn't hear elsewhere. Methinks his days as a liberal are numbered.
you make some very valid points and i agree with them. character has declined! now, i don't know if the intelligence of the american electorate is declining, but i do not think it is being used on the first tuesday of every fourth november. i believe that people are voting more on emotion than than by using their heads.
i have had discussions with several women aged between 20 and 40 before and after the last election. before our conversation, they said they preferred bush and his policies and views, but were going to vote for gore. reason? abortion. gore for it and bush against it. for all intents and purposes the only way to do away with abortion is through the supreme court or with a constitutional amendment -- neither of which involves the pres. in short, voting for president because of an issue he has little, if any, say in. (those i got to before the election said they changed their minds.)
character is important. so is the ability to think logically through your emotions.