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fenriswolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:17 PM
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do americans turn off americans from politics?
so imagine your looking to get into politics, wanna read up on it. So you go google "democratic whatever" and you come up on a site called democraticunderground. Oh cool you think, lots of politically minded private citizens who understand politics. Ill learn alot.

then you start reading all the crap. all the false accusations. all the lies and deciets.

wow you think to yourself. are politics really this horrid? I see all these accusations and counter accusations. If i try to sort this out i will spend all day on the net.

maybe ill go watch a football game instead
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are the people in the really heated flamewars why the majority of americans not like politics.
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NC_Nurse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:20 PM
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1. Yes, politics is really this horrible.
I think it does turn off a lot of talented people. DU is not the only place that
political mud is thrown. It's everywhere.
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fenriswolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:21 PM
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2. right i just used us as an example to hit home,
the mainstream media does it enough to.
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Mojambo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:22 PM
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3. As an American, Americans turn me off, period. n/t
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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:23 PM
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4. LOL - me too! nt
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NC_Nurse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:23 PM
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5. Ha! Really!
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:24 PM
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6. "Getting into politics is like stepping into dogshit."
A line from "The Motorcycle Diaries"
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:53 PM
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7. I think DU has just the right mix of of Intelligence, Feisty-ness and Heart.
If everybody on this forum thought 100 percent alike...I would waste my time here..
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