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the American people are not dumb ... but they often are unbelievably ill-informed ...
we somehow have come to believe we can sustain our democracy with an electorate that really finds most news too boring to pay attention to ... without making excuses for the MSM, the truth is that headline news and "if it bleeds, it leads" sensationalized news does better than long-winded policy explanations ...
the American people must be taught that this is unhealthy for a democracy and that they are not fulfilling their responsibilities ... that, indeed, should be a message, a tough message, that the Democratic Party delivers ... we should be critical of the public's laziness but not of the public's intelligence ...
the day we stop respecting average American citizens will be the day our democracy dies ...
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