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14. I Said Americans Weren't Intelligent Enough To Govern Themselves After 2004

Fri Nov 17, 2023, 10:56 PM

Nov 2023

When millions of Americans lined up and voted for the worst President in the history of this country (at the time). My faith in America was shaken to its very core after that election. I was quite literally inconsolable for the better part of a week.

The fact that Donald Trump got one single vote (and is currently the Republican front-runner) proves the point I've been making for a long time now: About 90% of Americans are so dumb that I don't know how they find their way home at night.

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Are the American people as a group intelligent enough to pick a qualified president? [View all] milestogo Nov 2023 OP

Yes, but we are handicapped Arger68 Nov 2023 #1

nope... myohmy2 Nov 2023 #2

Possibly barely under current conditions. dchill Nov 2023 #3

Yes, if we all voted. Freethinker65 Nov 2023 #4

clearly 50% of the population isn't. WarGamer Nov 2023 #5

Right... Septua Nov 2023 #8

Uncertain. elleng Nov 2023 #6

Generally yes treestar Nov 2023 #7

What better way to pick a President Progressive dog Nov 2023 #9

Didn't They In 2020? ProfessorGAC Nov 2023 #10

Yes we are, but it's close. GoodRaisin Nov 2023 #11

Were we intelligent enough to do so in 2016 ? DontBelieveEastisEas Nov 2023 #12

Ask me that again in one year. nt Quixote1818 Nov 2023 #13

I Said Americans Weren't Intelligent Enough To Govern Themselves After 2004 ChoppinBroccoli Nov 2023 #14

qualified? moondust Nov 2023 #15

Back when there used to be a smidge of integrity in the national press,... LudwigPastorius Nov 2023 #16

We used to be Johonny Nov 2023 #17

Exactly milestogo Nov 2023 #20

I am so depressed mainer Nov 2023 #18

Ronald Reagan, George Bush (s), Richard Nixon, Herbert Hoover chouchou Nov 2023 #19

The American People are 6-1 in picking the most qualified person running for President in the last 30 years. aeromanKC Nov 2023 #21

It's not the people who choose, but rather the people they choose. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jan 2024 #22