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On 9/11/24 08:26, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
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>     And yet we have American citizens who did not know that
> Biden had dropped out and did not know that Harris and Walz were
> the candidates of the Democratic party. As shown by search engines
> queried on Election Day.

George Carlin said that Americans only vote for the waiters who will lie
to get your tip whilst serving up the same old shit from the same old
kitchen. Those using the search engines knew which group of waiters they
wanted, the Democratic party in this scenario. It didn't matter whether
it was led by a dithering old pedophile succumbing to something like
alzheimers or a non-white female who froze in mid-speech when the
tele-prompter failed. Perhaps these people had switched channels
whenever political crap appeared on tv or perhaps they had read the
published policies of both the Republican and Democrat Political Party
Manifestos, (as, of course, have all rasfw readers, here), and made a
serious choice based on their findings and trust that those they elected
would fulfill that trust.
(Brief pause whilst I roll around on the floor laughing.)

If Idi Amin or [Insert favourite corporal here, Marines Ineligible],
stood for President for YOUR party, (after, of course, the published
policies of both the Republican and Democrat Political Party Manifestos
had been studied), would you vote for that other group of waiters?

>     Americans prefer games to the duties of citizenship,
> one of which is to stay well informed as to political matters.

There are far too many vested interests who profit from you being ill
informed. Wouldn't it be better to develop a skill in life as did The
Player of Games, (Iain M Banks), who was manipulated into achieving
political ends by devious means.

> 
>     bliss