FYI.. C-Span1 to show 2004 Kerry-Bush Debate...

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you gave me a chance, all over again, to wonder how and why a man that stupid,that inarticulate, that simplistic, and, above all, with such a fundamental lack of interest in learning and lack of curiosity about the world could have ever been elected president. TWICE.
OK , he really wasn't elected honestly. But he should have lost RESOUNDINGLY. The election shouldn't have been close enough to steal.
I had to keep reminding myself that that moron on the screen had already been president FOR FOUR YEARS at the time of the debate.
Shocking.

And, yeah, sure, Karl Rove and related Republican thuggery hold a big part of the blame.
But, biting my nails through this election, I have to say that I also hold the American people responsible. Starting in 1980, a too-large chunk of the electorate has based its political choices on fear. Fear of change, fear of The Other, fear of the truth, fear of everything. It's high time we break free of this miasma. If we don't , our country-- or at least our democracy-- is finished.