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In reply to the discussion: One example of how dumb our electorate is. [View all]KingCharlemagne
(7,908 posts)45. Hey, I marched in Los Angeles against the Iraq War in a torrential downpour back in 2003. To
this day, my wife and I joke about that march as our moment of being "too stupid to get in out of the rain." Still glad we did it, even though the march through downtown LA on a weekend, was mostly converts preaching to the converted. That has a time and a place.
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That is really the only explanation here. To fucking stupid to get in out of the rain.
lonestarnot
Nov 2014
#3
Hey, I marched in Los Angeles against the Iraq War in a torrential downpour back in 2003. To
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#45
Yes, I did, mainly b/c of the 5-6 CA ballot initiatives. Had to endure a 1-hour
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#54
Ah, it's a fact of life out here in SoCal. Problem is when you have a time-sensitive
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#56
"When in doubt, throw the bums out." To be fair, the system does not give voters many other options
bklyncowgirl
Nov 2014
#12
I have a brother in law. He's in his 50s off and on unemployment for the past few years.
bklyncowgirl
Nov 2014
#27
The people who watch it and buy the products. Anyone that thinks differently is delusional. n/t
jtuck004
Nov 2014
#31
Specifically, in the 63% 'favours the wealthy', 64% of them voted Dem, 35% Repub
muriel_volestrangler
Nov 2014
#22
Fire Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, first. Then DEMAND that our politicians run on our success
randys1
Nov 2014
#28
Fuck! (channelling Bill Paxton) Y'all aren't paying very close attention to current events.
lumberjack_jeff
Nov 2014
#48