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Wednesday, December 20, 2006

 
A Sad Commentary
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This new poll from the folks over at 463 Communications and Zogby reveals that an overwhelming majority of Americans (83 percent, to be exact) "believe that a typical 12-year-old knows more about the Internet than their member of Congress." And there is no difference by party affliation. Republicans (85 percent) and Democrats (86 percent) agreed completely on this point.

How sad, and some days in this town I'm inclined to agree.

posted by Adam Thierer @ 7:01 PM | Generic Rant

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I agree as well. I would point out two things, though: 1) I don't know that we should elect people to Congress based on their computer savvy; I wouldn't trust most IT folks I know, and in particular most computer-background bloggers I know, with the keys to Congress. 2) This is a Zogby poll we're talking about. He's the guy who mere hours before the polls closed in 2004 was predicting a huge Kerry victory.

Posted by: Patrick Ross at December 21, 2006 11:24 AM

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