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Originally Posted by Jozrael
Ha. Well-educated population.
I was educated yesterday by my coworker in how little Americans really know. I spent the better part of the day explaining basic politics, religion (not proselytizing, just -information-), and science to him. He thought that evolution occurred after the time of the dinosaurs, that Obama was Muslim, that Palin was Obama's VP pick, that McCain wasn't old, that there wasn't a single Christian that wasn't Catholic, and many, many more.
It made me sad.
Oh, and by the way, he told me I should run for President just because I understood all this. He thought I was brilliant and qualified to lead our country for knowing basic facts.
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Who ARE these people??!!! I mean, seriously... I know they're out there, but just... wow. What are their backgrounds? Where did they go to school? What are their parents like? More alarmingly, what are their kids like? These are my sincere questions.
Meanwhile, this thread kind of applies me, since I don't like in the US...
but I am an American, and I will be voting by absentee ballot. And yes, I am one of those Hated Democrat Voters (gasp!!!), and I have no idea how to answer your questions, either... because I have the same exact questions, especially since living in Europe for the last 18 months. Thing is, I don't really give a shit anymore if people think I'm an Elitist Liberal (tm)... they can call me whatever blows their skirt up. I'm still voting Obama, and I'm hoping to god that he's the one who will be stepping up to the White House when I move back to the US this Christmas.