How dumb do you have to be to vote for a Republican?

[Cyrano]

Yeah, I know. Rich people vote for Republicans because it serves their interests. But what about the rest of the idiots who spend their lives getting screwed by Republicans, but vote for them anyway? (Not to mention Dems who vote for blue dogs.)

Can anyone explain why people who have been getting screwed their entire lives continue to vote for those who are screwing them? I know the Republicans play to ignorance and bigotry, but if you've been kicked in the teeth enough, you think you'd “get it” at some point.

Whether they vote for Republicans because of some blind, fanatical religious beliefs, or because they hate black, brown and yellow people, what we’re really talking about here are human beings who lack the ability to think or reason. We’re talking about people who don’t understand what’s in their own best interest. We’re talking about people who are screwing all the rest of us through their incredible stupidity.

It never ceases to amaze me that con artists like Limbaugh, Beck, Palin, and their ilk can keep selling the same snake oil to the suckers over and over again. Not to mention those who buy into creatures like Newt Gingrich who have just a little more polish on the bullshit they’re peddling.

So what can we do about it? At present, not much. Perhaps future generations can be better educated, but given the money being withheld from schools today, I don’t hold out much hope.

About all I can say is, Welcome to the new "third-world country" called America.