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by wtbob 3431 days ago
> When did America become so stupid to vote in these people?

Well, in 1996 we re-elected Clinton, despite demonstrable evidence that he was a terrible president and an execrable human being. In 2004 we re-elected Bush, despite him violating his oath to the constitution. In 2012 we re-elected Obama, a man whose mediocrity and incompetence make Carter look like a capable executive (and our other choice was a business executive who couldn't even get a simple get-out-the-vote programme to run correctly).

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Nice. You really nailed it there.

Let history be the judge, and I doubt it agrees with your comparisons.