And a bit over half of America bought into that shit....
A bit less, I believe. Remember Ohio and (earlier) Florida, and the concerted efforts at disenfranchisement operated by Bush's backers and cronies.

Size of the group be damned- that anyone with pretensions to having a functioning brain would buy into it then and now when it has been totally discredited STILL DEFEND AND SUPPORT THAT BULLSHIT surpasses all understanding.

Oh, ye generation of morons.