I've two cousins,both college grads, well travelled, sophisticated and Manhattanites. I believe if they were asked those three questions-they'd flunk. I dare not ask. They become almost unhinged at the suggestion that Bush is incompetant & devious. With one cousin, a bank mgr., I believe it is his extreme hatred for the Clintons. It's like Pavlov's dog, the automatic response if one criticizes Bush & his cohorts, the Clintons are roasted & toasted.   

The other is a mother of five, one of whom is serving in Korea, near the N.K. border. I was speaking about H.R.Clinton and her good efforts on behalf of vets in the northeast. I was met with stony silence.

I think that hatred drives alot of people into irrational stances, and of course the need for constant entertainment. The last couple of days in N.Y. most of the local news programs started with "The tiger in the ap't.story & Sigfreid & Roy Story." This is news?