Well, what else would you expect? Two thirds of this country's population believes in angels and hell, recently saw Elvis or an UFO, have read two books in their entire lives (the bible and their pocket books), engage in various forms of navel gazing 99.5% of their spare time, and are essentially incapable of empathizing with anyone or anything but "me, me, me."
Every nation has leadership it deserves. Stupid people elect stupid leaders - and you cannot save them against their own will. Actually, I kind of marvel at the Repug extraordinary capability of brainwashing these dolts and making them give up vast amounts of resources without any coercion. Elsewhere, you would need state coercion.
I have a profound sense of being out of place in this country and it widens every day. Perhaps it is time to think emigration again.
Wojtek