Comments on: McCain Calls Americans “Stupid”

By: Political Humor

Political Humor — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:51:24 +0000

I agree with your post. Which is not something I will usually do! I enjoy reading a post that will make one think. Also, thanks for allowing me to comment!

By: Andy N.

Andy N. — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:25:18 +0000

I hope American presidential candidates and the whole administration will someday search the web to see that a lot of (not all!!!) Americans are stupid indeed, but even worse, boast-about it, e.g., on impudent and stupid web sites. Most recent and most impudent example is daffydonkey.com urging Americans to blow as much money as possible in order to become famous. And probably millions will join someday. This is what I hate so much, mass media is combining stupidity with fame, and this is why young persons are mad about being stupid by purpose. They say: “Its cool to be a fool!”, or “I´m a fool. I´m cool. I rule.” Stuff like that is appropriate to make teenagers voluntarily stupid. And McCain etc. could forbid such media strategies, but they certainly will not. It doesn´t matter if Bush is current president, or if Obama or McCain wins the current race. Main issue is that America wins and stays world´s No. 1 country, and this is only possible with smart American men and women. From my point of view, it was wise to make America´s system of education as well as the mass media´s power, program (Internet porn, sitcoms, talk shows, etc.), and propaganda to dumb down the American people, kids especially, the main topic of race for presidency. If the top dogs of US politics don´t, and if the coming president doesn´t change anything, all the world will laugh at America´s voluntarily proved stupidity.

By: David

David — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:46:47 +0000

Funny thing is I look to the graph on the right and all I see is communist wealth distribution. There’s only one way to give a tax break to the bottom 20% that don’t pay taxes, give them more than they paid in. For the record I am not in the top brackets and I’m not voting for either of these clowns. Pick a third party and vote none of the above.

By: Steve K

Steve K — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:56:01 +0000

personally, I’m coming to look forward to passing the end of my days in nearly abject poverty. Perhaps I’ll see 60, perhaps a little further down the road than that, but then perhaps not.

Once I was a registered Republican, but I tripped across a few scantily reported details during Ronny Ray-gun’s second term … the kind of thing that nearly drove me to renounce my citizenship. These are the Days of the Ray-Gun Babies, raised to believe that the trickle-down approach to economics actually works. It DOESN’T … unless you’re way up in the upper percentiles.

The next phase will be something along the line of Corporate Feudalism, but given a different name.

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By: ProstheticConscience

ProstheticConscience — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:37:39 +0000

Where was McCain and to whom was he speaking when he said this? I don’t doubt he believes it, but I can’t find another source for the quote. Any help?

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:10:52 +0000

I could actually afford to live on 150K. I have a family and we barely make 19K. Try asking either of the two candidates how they could feed their kids on nineteen thousand a year.

By: Shawn

Shawn — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:24:35 +0000

Yeah, I’m really thinking that, in terms of stupidity and ignorance, George W. Bush may pale in comparison to McCain. I swear that if that senile guy is voted into office, I’ll lose whatever faith I had left in the American public.

Johnny makes me facepalm. I really don’t know what to do with Americans like him. -_- Seriously, that was one of the most stupid statements I’ve ever seen. Ever, by any human being.

And wow… I’m going to boycott Digg for censoring this. That’s just stupid.

By: Nate

Nate — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:48:54 +0000

I saw this on TV. The Reverend asked both candidates what specific dollar amount would be considered middle-class. Obama said $150,000/yr. would be BORDERLINE POOR and McCain joked with his 5 million dollars statement. – Makes me sick that these people really think that way. If I made 150k a year I’d think I was rich. – Try living off of like 7 grand. ——- FUCKERS!

By: Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous « In One Ear… Out the Other

Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous « In One Ear… Out the Other — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:04:19 +0000

[...] calling Americans “whiners” and aside from having recently been caught saying that, “people who make under $80,000 are too stupid to understand taxes,” the McCains own at least ten separate homes. [...]

By: BrianC

BrianC — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:38:42 +0000

The question Rick Warren asked was not where do you draw the line between rich and poor but “how do you define rich” in this country. McCain joked about $5 million but if that is the level that defines being rich in the U.S., then anyone making less is either middle class or poor. Only a very tiny fraction (far less than 1%) of the U.S. population earn that kind of income. Obama wants to increase the tax rate on the “rich” but start at $250,000. Is someone making $250,000 by definition rich? McCain said he wants everyone to be rich, and the table shows him lowering the tax burden for everyone. McCain, was right when he said that some would misrepresent his statement. The top 1% already proportionately pay the same amount of national income taxes as the bottom 95%. Some American’s really are too stupid to understand this. I think we call them liberals or perhaps today we better call them marxists.