Just How Stupid Are We? Facing the Truth about the: Facing the Truth about the American Voter 9780465012572, 2007052601, 0465012574, 9780465014934, 0465014933, 9781282449503, 1282449508
Levees break in New Orleans. Iraq descends into chaos. The housing market teeters on the brink of collapse. Americans of
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Table of contents :
The problem --
Gross ignorance --
Are the voters irrational? --
The importance of myths --
Giving control to the people --
The power of television --
Our dumb politics : the big picture --
Our mindless debate about 9-11 --
We can't even talk about how stupid we are.
The problem --
Gross ignorance --
Are the voters irrational? --
The importance of myths --
Giving control to the people --
The power of television --
Our dumb politics : the big picture --
Our mindless debate about 9-11 --
We can't even talk about how stupid we are.
