These people vote

30 percent of Americans cannot say in what year the attacks on the WTC and Pentagon occurred.

Think about that for a moment.

Of that group, six percent gave an earlier year, eight percent gave a later year, and 16 percent admitted they had no idea whatsoever.

Now think about this:

95 percent of Americans questioned in the poll were able to remember the month and the day.

Five percent of your fellow citizens, people. Kerry lost by how much in 2004? ((Boy, chronic insomnia and thinking and typing at 3AM can get to you — I had Gore instead of Kerry there! An aside, Bush would lose to Kerry and Gore today.)

Are these the same people answering the WND polls?

This memory black hole is essentially the problem of the older crowd: 48 percent of those who did not know were between the ages of 55 and 64, and 47 percent were older than 65, according to the poll.

That's the one part of this poll I find hard to believe. I would have thought the ignorance would be spread along the age spectrum. Older folks are at least reading or watching the news (maybe Faux News is the problem there), but plenty of younger folks are just plain tuned out.

As Shakes Sis said: "Let me guess—it’s the same boobs who voted for Bush, a man who has uttered the term “9/11” more than I’ve said the word “fuck,” which is really fucking saying something, but still the date that “changed everything” hasn’t managed to stick in their idiot heads."

Remember, now, Uncle Karl told us:

"There are some in politics who hold that voters are dumb, ill informed and easily misled, that voters can be manipulated by a clever ad or a smart line. I've seen this cynicism over the years from political professionals and journalists. American people are not policy wonks, but they have great instincts and try to do the right thing. ...[It's] wrong to underestimate the intelligence of the American voter, but easy to overestimate their interest. Much tugs at their attention."