David Broder dons his pith helmet and Dr. Scholl's arch-supports and ventures into deepest darkest Pennsylvania:
Another Democratic voter, Ellen Sharm, 49, of Fort Washington, is unequivocally opposed to Clinton, because "my father hated Bill Clinton and he hated her."
Sharm herself is equivocal about Obama and McCain, and she said she is "halfway between" their opposing views on Iraq -- with Obama urging an immediate start on a pullout and McCain saying the United States should remain there in force until Iraq is stable. Sharm described her own position on the war as "wishy-washy" and, while her disqualification of Clinton "out of respect for my father" dictates a vote for Obama in the primary, she said "if it's Obama versus McCain, I'll have to consider" what to do in November.
If the terrorists are smart, they will give up on trying to attack us and just sit back and wait, because eventually our entire country is going to be so stupid that people will start sticking their tongues in wall sockets just to see what electricity tastes like.
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Don’t stick yer tongue in the socket.
The electricity… …it tastes not so good the first time, and worse the second time.
Seriously.
she hates someone because her father did??
ahhhh … Broder …. talking with his peeps.
the phrase “box of rocks” springs to mind … for both Sharm and Broder.
Well he found the “Everyman” voter of Pa. What a genius. We all love him. Now go back to DC and get a table at the current trendy cafe and hold court with the rest of the village stenos and gasbags.
Was Sharm the woman who asked the flag pin question? Because that was a whole galaxy of stupid.
“If the terrorists are smart, they will give up on trying to attack us and just sit back and wait, because eventually our entire country is going to be so stupid that people will start sticking their tongues in wall sockets just to see what electricity tastes like.”
Honestly, I thought that was the plan all along. It’s been 7 years. I doubt there will ever be a follow-up. Why bother?
The Dean talked to voters outside of the library in Montgomery County, PA, and found six people who would reinforce his Deanish point that ”Only time will tell.” Thank God for intellects like this that guide the nation’s discourse!
I see in-breeding is still legal in parts of Pennsylvania.
I used to think that Nielsen ratings, music sales charts, and box office rankings were fixed in a plot to keep America stupid.
Then I realized that this was too much work for too little return, as America is, by and large, already stupid. (See: 2004 elections, 1980 elections, etc.)
Not stupid at all, watertiger. That woman knew exactly what she was doing and so did the people who selected that “regular voter” question to air.
Now, maybe Broder lucked out in finding the stupidest registered Democrat in Pennsylvania, but he didn’t stupidly report what she said — he also knows exactly what he’s doing.
Malicious intent doesn’t equal stupidity, it just shows that they expect the rest of us to be dumb enough to fall for it.
Deez here peeple aint stoopid! They is ordinary Amuricans. It is elitist not to recognize their moral and cultural superiority.
My understanding is that electricity tastes like lightning..
Please, don’t tar us all here in Montco, PA with the stupidity brush. This is getting _so_ embarassing.
I don’t even believe that she’s a registered Democrat. Half-way between Obama and McCain? That’s like being half-way between being a male and a female - deeply confused.
So now, John McCain makes sense!
My parents both hated Nixon and Reagan. I didn’t need their imprimatur to share that feeling.
On the electricity point: “It tastes like burning”.
Now the dean needs to hike himself down to Genos Steaks, or Pats..whichever one it is the asshole has a sign up “Order in English, this is America.” The one whose grandparents came over on the boat and spoke nothing but Italian there entire time in this country. Doesn’t matter, both make crappy greasy steak sandwiches with horsemeat. Still glad I moved out of Philly. But I think Broder needs to be photographed and critqued to see whether he knows how to eat a cheesesteak like a real American.
she said “if it’s Obama versus McCain, I’ll have to consider” what to do in November.
Gail Collins has the canonical response here: