haha, guess, you are going to find stupid people in any place on the world. ^^ but it seems bizarre, whats going on in the us in the last years. - found the picture somewhere in the nets. seeing it funnier, than serious.
In Germany its more like that the media is trying to make people stupid, or at least divert them away from critical topics, simply by talking about something else. It does not always take a lie. ^^