I hate to be pessimistic, but this country is full of dumb shits.

[Matariki]

President Trump? Seriously? We have officially become an Idiocracy.

I'm not too happy with the idea of Madam Wall St. either.

[retrowire]

1. It's still not over. nt

[Else You Are Mad]

2. Don't forget....

Cruz is the other choice. He is even more scary than Trump.

[RKP5637]

26. I would take Trump over Cruz anyday. Cruz, is a total nutcase! n/t

[highprincipleswork]

3. No kidding. This country is toast.

[RKP5637]

27. It's gone over the 50% mark on the stupid side and is sinking. n/t

[JFKDem62]

4. If we could educate people and give them adequate health care

their judgment and critical thinking skills would improve.


Hang in there.
This is not over yet.

[Scootaloo]

6. It's not a bug; it's a feature.

[Cassiopeia]

8. Beat me to it.

They've spent decades destroying our education system for this specific goal. An educated populace will not vote against their own best interests.

[bunnies]

36. Which is EXACTLY why the elites will never let it happen.

Dumb, sick, scared people are easier to manipulate. Why would they want that to change?

[appalachiablue]

5. Dumb from poor public education, too much entertainment, corporate MSM--

as we know. Most people here think many Americans access alternative media, but they don't.

[Hissyspit]

7. Yup.

[TheProgressive]

9. Definition: Stupid

stupid |ˈst(y)o͞opid|
adjective (stupider, stupidest)
lacking intelligence or common sense: I was stupid enough to think she was perfect.
• dazed and unable to think clearly: apprehension was numbing her brain and making her stupid.
• informal used to express exasperation or boredom: she told him to stop messing with his stupid painting.

Yes, this is America...

[cureautismnow]

10. We'll have to wait until 2020 or 2024 for UHC now...

[RoccoR5955]

11. It's not over BUT

you are 100% correct.
This country is damned. So many idiots who believe the propaganda.
If Drumpf gets in I am leaving immediately. If Helliary gets in, I can wait six months, but I am outta here. Here being the USA (Unusually Stupid Americans).

[Zorra]

12. Yep, it's official. The US is an Idiocracy. nt

[JDPriestly]

13. It looks like, if Hillary is our candidate and it looks like she will be, then we will have

President Trump.

Hope the college students in Illinois and Ohio enjoyed their spring break.

I have to wait and see how much hope there is that Bernie can win our nomination. KPFK is very pessimistic.

If Hillary wins, I'm out of here, off DU until at least after November.

This is very close to what happened in Germany and Austria before the NAZIs.

Save yourselves. If Hillary wins, she will fail as president. If she wins, it's just a matter of time until some extremist from the right unseats her and closes down the Democratic Party.

If Bernie wins, we have a reprieve depending on who he chooses as vice president and secretary of state.

That's because, if you look at history, Trump's crowd will become more and more violent and blame the inevitable economic decline on minorities.

Happened in Germany. I know a lot about that. Trust me.

We are watching the end of democracy, quite possibly. Shame on the American people.

[malletgirl02]

21. America enjoy your wars

if either Trump or Hilary wins.

[RKP5637]

30. I think these are more frightening times than much of America realizes. There is tremendous hatred

and unrest in this country and Trump is unifying it, and I think it will grow and grow. To me, the DNC and DWS are lightweights, they just don't get what is going on in this country. My fear is Trump will win in 2016. Trump is using in many ways the Hitler playbook, but many bury their heads when they hear that in denial. Countries can change drastically, many think America will just plod along, but it could take a disastrous turn.

[RKP5637]

35. That's what I'm thinking too. Also, my hunch is he will become a bit more moderate, eventually,

to secure more votes.

[Kalidurga]

14. They aren't stupid they just don't think like we do.

This post has a chart that shows different traits of the supporters of different candidates. I am very close to the typical Bernie supporter and I include an image on my personal four traits that were measured.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=7684586

[malletgirl02]

22. That chart scares me.

I rather it be ignorance rather than that chart being true, because at least you can fix ignorance. You can't change an adherence to authoritarianism and elitism.

[Kalidurga]

32. It scares me for another reason as well

we are badly outnumbered.

[bunnies]

38. No wonder Tweety was talking about a Clinton/Kasich ticket.

They're most closely aligned.

[bernbabe]

15. Clinton looks like Kasich :/

[Matariki]

16. I don't even understand what that means.

[Art_from_Ark]

31. I think that's a reference to the chart above

[Rosa Luxemburg]

17. America is a country which is owned by big corporations

if Trump appeared on page 25 of the the national newspapers and wasn't mentioned on TV he wouldn't be winning now.

[Matariki]

18. Yup. The media created that particular monster.

And they have the nerve to act surprised.

[in_cog_ni_to]

19. ...

“Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups."

George Carlin

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

[bunnies]

37. Yep.

Carlin nailed it as always.

[malletgirl02]

20. America enjoy your wars

it either Trump or Clinton wins.

[RKP5637]

29. Wars = big MIC $$$$$'s, and that will be the US chief industry. FFS what has the US become. n/t

[dorkzilla]

23. I've said this before

Thank dog I have dual citizenship. For those of you who are eligible, I encourage you to get your documents together.

I've often wondered why people in 1930s Germany who were witnesses to what was happening around them didn't flee that country when they had a chance. I fear that time has come for us. If Hillary is the nominee, watch her complete pivot to her neocon, hawkish best so she can prove her tough bona fides.

Don't lose faith in Bernie though...Hillary is not the better candidate and we know it. Her supporters will say "of course she is, she's winning!", but Trump is winning as well and no one would argue he is the best of that lot. Making that argument is the same as saying Fox News is the best because they have the highest ratings.

But if she prevails I will say "we tried to warn you" from an undisclosed location in a country with universal health care.

[LiberalElite]

24. Heh. "Winning" - remember THIS guy? -

[dorkzilla]

25. Lol, yeah he looks like a winner

His blustering is an awful lot like Trump's actually.

[RKP5637]

28. US = United Stupidity! Sadly, sometimes, USA = United Stupid Assholes. It's so sad watching

a great nation falling into stupidity.

[Triana]

34. Totally agreed. Nation of VERY dim bulbs

Who apparently LIKE the current status-quo oligarchy and want to see it further built upon via TPP and other "free trade" shit HRC supports, who like the idea of no public schools, gutting social security, expensive and ineffective "health care" which is still infested with corporate for-profit motives and won't be a sustainable system as long as that's the case, and having NO government that represents 99% of them AT ALL.

[Ivan Kaputski]

40. People love war, pot holes and being poor.