Saturday, April 19, 2008

The Ignorant Middle

I just invented a brilliant new catchphrase. I'm so proud.
These are the people who decide elections in the USofA. The people who don't read, and only watch TV or think about politics in a very short period of time leading up to elections. They don't vote in primaries. They call themselves 'independent' and pundits often call them 'swing voters'. The lying slime machines favored by the US right wing works very well on these people. Just another little pitfall of democracy I suppose. Even idiots have the right to vote no matter how wrong their views.
My prediction: this will work in the upcoming presidential election. President McCain, true american patriot. Barack Obama, muslim-sounding name and communist sympathies. Who will the ignorant middle pick?

1 comment:

john said...

Winston Churchill noted that democracy is the worst type of government except for all the rest.