This is gonna be the thread where we talk about stuff

I don't understand how the world, let alone America, is surviving. Was political speech always this empty? Listening to Santorum, I don't think I've heard quite as many contradictions in one sitting before - and the worst part is even though I know he's pushing all the buttons, you can't help but somehow root for the death of soldiers in an increasingly unpopular crusade and the death of the dispossessed?

At the risk of inviting horrible flames and debates, are people really this stupid? ;~;