Last Call

As long as we have an ignorant electorate, an equally ignorant Village media, and a government that wants to keep it that way, we're all in a lot of trouble.

Only one in four Americans know how many votes a Senate filibuster requires. One in three know the name of the chairman of the Republican Party. One in two know the Democratic leader of the US Senate.
 
Health care? Fewer than one in three Americans even know that no Republicans voted for the Senate health care overhaul.

Americans' ignorance about politics isn't new, but the latest results from the Pew Poll suggest few are really paying attention.

Half of Americans don't even know that Stephen Colbert is a comedian. And among those surveyed, only one in three Democrats knew that Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) was the Democratic leader.

How the bloody hell are we supposed to get health care reform and climate change legislation when a majority of America can't tell the difference between Colbert and  El Rushbo?  But the big one is a good 75% of Americans think Democrats can pass anything they want even with 59 votes in the Senate.

This is the Stupid that Zandar is Versus.