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Are presidential hopefulls geing dumber , or the american electorate (those that can be bothered to vote that is) , or both ?
Yes presidential hopefulls are getting dumner cf those in the late 18th century and early 19th. 0 (0%)
No presidential hopefulls are not getting dummer cf those in the late 18th century and early 19th. 1 (12.5%)
There is no real change in how generally smart or otherwize presidential hopefulls have been lately cf those in the late 18th century and early 19th. 2 (25%)
Yes the american electorate (those that can be bothered to vote that is) are getting dumber. 0 (0%)
No the american electorate (those that can be bothered to vote that is) are not getting dumber. 2 (25%)
There is no real change in how generally smart or otherwize the american electorate is now cf those in the late 18th century and early 19th. 1 (12.5%)
Fes it !!! 1 (12.5%)
My head hurts. 0 (0%)
Let's just vote and get it over with , the primaries are dog squeeze. 1 (12.5%)
Total Votes: 8
Dumbing down of USA politics
Topic Started: Jan 4 2008, 08:38 AM (435 Views)
somerled
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Vote for up to 3 options.
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Dandandat
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Time to put something here
I find this poll to be bigoted and won’t be voting.
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Admiralbill_gomec
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Neither will I.
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STC
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A little biased as well. Can't we have a vote for American people/presidential candidates are getting smarter?
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Minuet
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Jan 4 2008, 09:22 AM
A little biased as well. Can't we have a vote for American people/presidential candidates are getting smarter?

More then a "little" biased......
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Fesarius
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Somerled,

You missed your calling--again. Your comic skills are truly treasured, at least by this poster! :) ;)
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8247
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Apparently we look like this now
I'm not voting in this poll either
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somerled
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I am holding off voting , I don't want to sway anyone , and I am more interested in what our USA and Canadian members think , since it they are very close to the action and should have a better feel for it than us foreigners who have only the press and media to rely on.
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ImpulseEngine
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somerled
Jan 4 2008, 12:04 PM
I am holding off voting , I don't want to sway anyone , and I am more interested in what our USA and Canadian members think , since it they are very close to the action and should have a better feel for it than us foreigners who have only the press and media to rely on.

Here's what this USA member thinks:

The title of this thread is presumptuous and offensive. Obviously, you decided how the poll should be answered before presenting choices. That's obvious by the wording of the choices too. And choose up to 3...? :headscratch:
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ds9074
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The title of this thread is presumptuous and offensive. Obviously, you decided how the poll should be answered before presenting choices.

At the very least it could do with a question mark at the end.
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RTW
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somerled
Jan 4 2008, 10:04 AM
... us foreigners who have only the press and media to rely on.

Quoted and bookmarked for future reference. :evilfire:
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Minuet
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In light of you picking on another member over a word that you never heard before I am going to go through your questions one by one and be picky about grammar and spelling.

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Are presidential hopefulls geing dumber , or the american electorate (those that can be bothered to vote that is) , or both ?


Are you capable of putting together a sentence that makes sense? This one is so jumbled as to be meaningless. Not to mention that "hopeful" only has one l.

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Yes presidential hopefulls are getting dumner cf those in the late 18th century and early 19th.


Is "dumner" a new word" :rotfl: And there is "hopefulls" again. Is "cf" a word?

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No presidential hopefulls are not getting dummer cf those in the late 18th century and early 19th.


And still another new word "dummer". I don't know about Americans, but an Australian should be far better at spelling and grammar. And there is "cf" again. Once is a typo. Twice looks ignorant.

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There is no real change in how generally smart or otherwize presidential hopefulls have been lately cf those in the late 18th century and early 19th.


I have noticed a strong tendancy for you to use "z" where the correct spelling is "s". I know this isn't an Australian thing because our other Australians don't do this. I am refering to the word "otherwize". Unless of course this is still another new word I am unaware of the meaning of. ;)

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Yes the american electorate (those that can be bothered to vote that is) are getting dumber.


Well at least I can understand this one. Although American should be capitalized and your grammar still leaves much to be desired. (or is that "dezired" :loling: )

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No the american electorate (those that can be bothered to vote that is) are not getting dumber.


As above

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There is no real change in how generally smart or otherwize the american electorate is now cf those in the late 18th century and early 19th.


There is that new word "otherwize" again. And "cf" - for the THIRD time. And again grammatically the sentence is gibberish.

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Fes it !!!


If this whole thing was intended as a joke you should have placed it in Ten Forward.

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My head hurts.


I repeat - If this whole thing was intended as a joke you should have placed it in Ten Forward.

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Let's just vote and get it over with , the primaries are dog squeeze.


And a third time - If this whole thing was intended as a joke you should have placed it in Ten Forward.

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captain_proton_au
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A Robot in Disguise

I think all presidential candidates this time around know how to use spell check
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captain_proton_au
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A Robot in Disguise

At least non of these candidates have tried to eat a monster sub in front of a camera

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Which is about the only thing I remember about Kerry now
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Franko
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:o Alas, Somerled is sinking in the SisterTrek polls.


;) I'll close this thread on request; or perhaps someone has a related premise they want to discuss.


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