11-26-2008, 11:00 AM
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Not riding the train
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Re: Rebuild the Republican Party - NEW WEBSITE
I think they need to start right here.
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Bailing Out Ignorance
A new report from the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) on the nation's civic literacy finds that most Americans are too ignorant to vote.
Out of 2,500 American quiz-takers, including college students, elected officials and other randomly selected citizens, nearly 1,800 flunked a 33-question test on basic civics. In fact, elected officials scored slightly lower than the general public with an average score of 44 percent compared to 49 percent.
Only 0.8 percent of all test-takers scored an "A."
The ISI insists that higher-education reforms aimed at civic literacy are urgently needed.
Both Shenkman and the ISI pose a bedeviling question, as crucial as any to the nation's health: Who will govern a free nation if no one understands the mechanics and instruments of that freedom?
Answer: Maybe one day, a demagogue.
http://townhall.com/columnists/Kathl...norance?page=2
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