Thread: Pew Political IQ Poll: Republicans Consistently More Knowledgeable

Oldsalt wrote:  We are being screwed? When you're talking about government, that's always a risque.

tom_in_sac wrote: Oldsalt wrote: Being Obama's RIGHT HAND MAN may have MORE meaning than we'll ever know. <howling>  Now that's a stroke of genius. Is that STROKE...as in Warm Hand, or STROKE as in Obama's treatment of American citizens?  ie; Stroking us into submission based on lies, and how we are all victims of sexually based crimes.....as in...We are being screwed?

tom_in_sac wrote: Dunno.  There's a degree of funny in some of those. I gotta admit...I got lazy and breezed thru the quiz, and only got 8 out of 12 correct.  Teach me to bone up some..then again, I guess this would make me one of the "salt of the earth" types...

nNeo wrote: Those in power seem to count on voters NOT knowing much, and not asking hard questions.  The MSM seems bent on keeping it that way for the most part. Stupid people are easier to rule.  As evidenced by the way the Catholic church squelched reading and science, the way American slaves (of all races) were not allowed to be taught reading and writing by law, etc. Smart...

http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2009/10/pew_political_iq_poll_republic.asp

lightoftruth wrote: http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2009/10/pew_political_iq_poll_republic.asp I took the test . Got 10 out of 12 correct. Was very sure that I had all 12. The fact that it was dated  2007 may have got me even though I knew that it was dated from then..-Tyr

tom_in_sac wrote: Ha!  So being a RINO is about what you knows... Maybe.  Maybe not. One thing is certain... Being a democrat is all about being stupid.

That goes without saying. One of the tenants of our party is self-determination and personal responsibility. The more knowledgeable you are the more correct the decisions you make for you and your family will be. If you are waiting for somebody else to do something for you then why bother doing anything that isn't fun.

Those in power seem to count on voters NOT knowing much, and not asking hard questions.  The MSM seems bent on keeping it that way for the most part.