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madinmaryland

(64,933 posts)
Wed Aug 22, 2012, 08:22 PM Aug 2012

Poll Reveals You Live In Country Where Mentally Ill Man Still Has Good Chance Of Being Senator

WASHINGTON—A new poll of the Missouri electorate reported this week that Sen. Claire McCaskill holds a tenuous lead in the state’s Senate race over Rep. Todd Akin, essentially revealing that you live in a nation where a man who is deeply and irrefutably mentally ill can nevertheless stand a solid chance of winning higher office. “Current data shows that, contrary to any conventional notions of human reason or logic, a man with a questionable grasp on reality is evidently quite able to attain a prominent government position in the nation you are a citizen of,” said researcher Donald Schur, noting that the man in question currently holds a one-percent lead, “yes, lead,” in several other similar election polls. “That’s right, you, the average citizen, live in a country where a human being deep in the throes of delusion can not only be elected to higher office on six prior occasions, but may in fact be voted into office again despite his psychological instability being put on full display in the most spectacular fashion imaginable. This is the place where you live, and work, and pay taxes.” Researchers also noted that, according to recent evidence, this kind of thing actually doesn’t surprise you too much anymore.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/poll-reveals-you-live-in-country-where-mentally-il,29274/


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Poll Reveals You Live In Country Where Mentally Ill Man Still Has Good Chance Of Being Senator (Original Post) madinmaryland Aug 2012 OP
He's willfully ignorant. Not sure that qualifies as a true mental illness. But he's definitely GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #1
Journalism At Its Finest, Sir The Magistrate Aug 2012 #2
IMO the Mentally Ill need MORE representation in Congress... HereSince1628 Aug 2012 #3

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)
3. IMO the Mentally Ill need MORE representation in Congress...
Wed Aug 22, 2012, 08:43 PM
Aug 2012

I know this OP was taken from the ONION...and no I wouldn't advocate Akins for that job.

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