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Originally posted by MRuss
The most popular search term on election day was this:
"Who is running for President?"
Yes, the dumbing down of America right before your eyes.
A chart on the Google Trends website shows the skyrocketing popularity of a search for the term, “who is running for president” -- as if it were possible to miss the omnipresent radio, TV and Web ads for Governor Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama.
Lord help us all.
www.foxnews.com...
Originally posted by Nightwalk
reply to post by MRuss
Terrible if true. I don't know if it's Facebook, the vaccination or diet of the past thirty years, etc., but such an example reinforces the rumors of the cerebral limit of people nowadays, especially of the young.
Originally posted by GrimReaper86
reply to post by MRuss
Tell us, where did you get that statistic? I see no link to an article. I even did a quick google search of the exact statement and was unable to find anything to validate it. Plus you have no idea how many people were polled to get that statistic and if you do; then you should make that fact known as it would help your argument.
I can make statements without supporting them too, watch:
MRuss eats cat poop to reach website front page.
Hell I can even provide a fake link to back up my statement: MRuss eats cat poop to reach website front page which is more then you did. Even if it's not true I still put more effort into this simple mocking post then you did with your statement which is presented as though it were fact. You sir appear to be a troll and a bad one at that. I tend to troll trolls for the endless entertainment it provides.
Originally posted by ldyserenity
Originally posted by MRuss
The most popular search term on election day was this:
"Who is running for President?"
Yes, the dumbing down of America right before your eyes.
A chart on the Google Trends website shows the skyrocketing popularity of a search for the term, “who is running for president” -- as if it were possible to miss the omnipresent radio, TV and Web ads for Governor Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama.
Lord help us all.
www.foxnews.com...
How many kids do you think were online researching for history class or whatever to do a report... especially on that day, my daughter searched it up she's 12 and not old enough to vote, a lot of kids are kept away from politics. But the school teaches them about the election therefore they have probably been asked to write a report on the candidates and then watch the results etc.
Originally posted by MonkeyFishFrog
reply to post by MRuss
I agree with ~Lucidity, the numbers probably reflect global Google searching and not just Americans.
Plus its not all that dumb... weren't there actually 20 or 30 presidential candidates from independent parties? Roseanne Barr ran under the Peace and Freedom Party so maybe people wanted to see what other options were available to them.