Here are the stats from the Zogby poll: * 57.4 could NOT correctly say which party controls congress (50/50 shot just by guessing) * 81.8 could NOT correctly say Joe Biden quit a previous campaign because of plagiarism (25% chance by guessing) * 82.6 could NOT correctly say that Obama won his first election by getting opponents kicked off the ballot (25% chance by guessing) * 88.4% could NOT correctly say that Obama said his policies would likely bankrupt the coal industry and make energy rates skyrocket (25% chance by guessing) * 56.1 % could NOT correctly say Obama started his political career at the home of two former members of the Weather Underground (25% chance by guessing).And yet….. * Only 13.7% failed to identify Palin as the person their party spent $150,000 in clothes on * Only 6.2% failed to identify Palin as the one with a pregnant teenage daughter * And 86.9 % thought that Palin said that she could see Russia from her “house,” even though that was Tina Fey who said that!!
"Promote then as an object of primary importance, Institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened."George Washington, Farewell Address, September 19, 1796
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