Charles P. Pierce
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“America's always been a great place to be crazy. It just used to be harder to make a living that way.”
― Charles P. Pierce, Idiot America: How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free
― Charles P. Pierce, Idiot America: How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free
“Nevertheless, four years later, at the end of August 2004, a Zogby poll discovered the critical fact that 57 percent of the undecided voters in that year's election would rather have a beer with George Bush than with John Kerry.
The question was odd enough on its face, but a nation to which it would matter is odder still. Be honest. Consider all the people with whom you've tossed back a beer. How many of them would you trust with nuclear launch codes?”
― Charles P. Pierce, Idiot America: How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free
The question was odd enough on its face, but a nation to which it would matter is odder still. Be honest. Consider all the people with whom you've tossed back a beer. How many of them would you trust with nuclear launch codes?”
― Charles P. Pierce, Idiot America: How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free
“The United States is an easy country to love because you can take it on faith that, at some point in every waking hour of the day, there is among your fellow citizens a vast exaltation of opinions that test the outer boundaries of the Crazoid.”
― Charles P. Pierce, Idiot America: How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free
― Charles P. Pierce, Idiot America: How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free
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