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kleinbl00 · 3410 days ago · link · · parent · post: 51% of Americans say CIA interrogation methods were justified, 29% say they were not justified; 20% do not express an opinion.
"Politics is dominated by the extremes because the people in the middle have shit to do." - Jon Stewart I think a lot of the "ignorance" or "apathy" is an outcome of powerlessness. I worked like gangbusters to get Kerry elected in 2004. Then he folded like Superman on laundry day. I pretty much stopped caring (or giving) to political causes for about six years. Obama? Yay. But it really felt like major interests were calling the shots, making the moves and paying the bills; whatever individual citizens felt like adding to the mix wasn't rejected, to be sure, but it had about as much impact on the race as the color paint has on the way a car handles.