Only applies to just over 20% of the US
US voting turnout is low and Bush only won the popular vote by a small lead. That's roughly 2.5 to 3 absentees per Bush voter. It is more reasonable to assume an American is politically brain dead or disillusioned.
Unless you're saying that 60% are guilty by failing to vote against Bush (which I kind of agree with). That's really a group that's too stupid to know they're being shafted when it's happening to them.
Even among voters, assuming not part of a just under 50% group is far too broad a brushstroke. I can just about go with 20% of voters.
Matthew Greet
Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourself. Choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life. I chose somethin' else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin?
- Mark Renton, Trainspotting.
