Hot on the heels of the rude and cruel Karl Rove-American Crossroads tweet about Commerce Secretary John Bryson comes a study called "Civility in America 2012."
You guessed it: Politeness and respect are in short supply in the land of E Pluribus Unum, the study concludes. We "many" are not feeling much like "one."
But that's only part of the story. As the Republicans' and the teabaggers' and the Rove-Breitbart-Nugent-West-Wilson-idiots' behavior has gotten worse and worse and worse — and the one grownup in the room continues to be President Obama — we cats were interested to see how the President fared against other political figures.
Surprise! (Or, not.) Mr. Obama does quite well. In fact, he has the best scores of any politician or political group named. His "civil" rating is 26 points higher than Congressional Republicans', 25 points higher than the teabaggers' and — interestingly — 11 points higher than Willard Mitt Romney's.
We're not quite sure how to explain a low civility score for Willard, since he's supposed to be able to Etch-A-Sketch the stain of the Republican primaries away. But remembering how calm, reasonable and reassuring Barack Obama appeared to America in 2008, if this study is any indication of the country's feelings, Romney has some work to do.
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