Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Thank You!

It was very satisfying to hear that Barack Obama echoed my sentiment from this morning's blog where I wrote:
He [McCain] should address these issues seriously, he should take the process seriously, he should take the voters seriously and stop this deadly attempt to deepen the division and ignorance that has dominated American political discourse for the past generation.
Obama, commenting on the tire gauge mindlessness being spewed by the Right wing, said:

The other thing is, they are making fun of a step that every expert says would absolutely reduce our oil consumption by three to four percent,” Obama said. “It’s like these guys take pride in being ignorant. They think it’s funny that they’re making fun of something that is actually true.”

[I can hear the right wing media now: "Obama is calling all of you stupid". Just to be clear, stupid is more akin to lacking the ability to learn or understand. Ignorant is to be uniformed. The right wing have worked tirelessly over the years to keep the American people away from facts. John McCain knows he needs to keep enough Americans distracted and uninformed (ignorant) if he is to have any chance of winning the election. Even if it cost us the nation. Here are the definitions for your convenience.]

IGNORANT: destitute of knowledge or education

STUPID: slow of mind; given to unintelligent decisions or acts; acting in an unintelligent or careless manner; lacking intelligence or reason

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