Reaganite, Paul Craig Roberts: Americans are more stupid than Bush

Two recent polls, a Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll and a New York Times/CBS News poll, indicate why Bush is getting away with impeachable offenses. Half of the US population is incapable of acquiring, processing and understanding information.

Well, boys and girls nothing could be closer to the truth.

This from Paul Craig Roberts at Counterpunch. I've been saying this fo some time.

The biggest problem here is the media coupled with the disinterest/ignorance of the masses, equal public enemy No 1. You cannot have a democracy without an informed citizenry and a faithful watchdog (i.e. media).

I keep wondering why the fuck so much importance is placed on polls, most Americans are misinformed or uninformed. What difference does it make really, except to perpetuate mistruths.

Anyway, Paul Craig Roberts was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan administration. He was Associate Editor of the Wall Street Journal editorial page and Contributing Editor of National Review. He is also coauthor of The Tyranny of Good Intentions.

The dude worked for Reagan and he is saying, "hold it; something is fucking wrong here."