You left out "4"

4. Receive some sort of govt. check and vote accordingly to keep that govt. check rolling. :(

It is Obama's sequester. He proposed it.

Good point, though i guess i'd sorta lump that in with "1". you're on a team and that's how you're votin'

I kinda differentiated between media propaganda and actually getting a check in the mail.
The majority of people who get govt. checks in the mail have never watched a news program in their lives. lol

I knew PLENTY of those types in South Carolina. They never watched the news or had any remote idea what the current big issues are. But they could tell you line for line all the latest stupid dialogue from "Jersey Shore" :1orglaugh

Intentionally dumbed-down populace:2 cents:

Some people don't have to be intentionally dumbed-down. They just truly don't care.

At least all the folks who watch MSNBC and Fox News and CNN are interested and looking for knowledge and insight. The majority of people don't even bother or care about the news in any way, shape, or form. :(

they won't get much of either from those three, that's the problem :(

Forgot to mention.. the fully propagandized believe they are fully informed. if they only knew...but facts can't get inside their bubbles :(:disgust

Yes, I knew Eisenhower was a good Republican. I didn't know the GOP platform was ever that liberal, though. I haven't had time to look into it. It'd be great if the Repubs took their party back from the crazies.

The teabagging GOP was playing chicken with the nation's economy. Otherwise there would be no "sequester."

If Obama is guilty of anything, it's being a bad negotiator. I'll concede that.

The driving force behind this dreary fucking mess is the debt ceiling games the Repiggies are playing - the GOP threatening to not pay the bills they themselves have already incurred. This shit has never gone on before. There is no longer any line the teapublicans won't cross.

Obama tried to negotiate with the right with his health care plan and thanks to giving in to them, we now have a gutted half assed program that likely won't be very good.

I think Obama learned his lesson in that ordeal and over the past 4 years where the Right has again and again screamed and cried like 2 year olds having a temper tantrum. I think he has now come to the conclusion that no matter what he is willing to give it will never be enough and the right is never willing to give anything.

The Right is the real problem this country faces because they are unwilling to compromise on anything. It's like trying to deal with a bunch of religious kooks. No matter what proof you show them it's never enough because "THEY" know better. That's the exact same mentality the right has.