# The stupidest electoral group?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupidest-electoral-group/468653>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [October 19, 2008, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupidest-electoral-group/468653 "2008-10-19T19:25:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupidest-electoral-group/468653/21 "2008-10-20T05:59:40Z")

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> [@Gatopescado](#):
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> In theory, bees can’t fly.

Straight Dope nitpick: there is no theory of aerodynamics that concludes that bees cannot fly.

Thre is an ancient anecdote that an engineer at a party in the 1920s did some back-of-the-napkin calculations that failed to demonstrate that **bumble** bees had sufficient wing area or horsepower to fly, but there has never been a “scientific” (or “engineering”) declaration that (bumble)bees cannot fly.

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**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupidest-electoral-group/468653/22 "2008-10-20T06:53:16Z")

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> [@ShibbOleth](#):
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> Since Warren Buffet is one of Obama’s advisors, I’m going to assume that he’ll vote Democrat this year. I also will assume that he makes (much) more than $250K. By the OP definition, he is an “Idiot”.

It’s worse than that. Buffet was on Charlie Rose a few weeks ago and arguing that people like him should be paying \*more \*taxes! The guy is clearly a moron. (\<— sarcasm, for the irony-impaired)

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupidest-electoral-group/468653/23 "2008-10-21T01:25:20Z")

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> [@tomndebb](#):
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> Straight Dope nitpick: there is no theory of aerodynamics that concludes that bees cannot fly.

Its my theory. 😉

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