Some of you out there may not be old enough to remember Willie Horton, the African-American man who, after a prison work release, committed a heinous crime and whose TV image became an indelible icon in George H.W. Bush's 1988 attack ads on Democratic opponent, Michael Dukakis.
Now, 20 years later, according to Time magazine, John McCain is employing the same tactics, only this time likening an African-American Fannie Mae executive to mugging a senior white woman. What's even worse is the lie that this Fannie Mae exec was or is an adviser to Barack Obama.
Read it for yourself in this link:
cnn.com
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scientific study reveals that
Conservatives respond instinctually, not rationally, to scary images, "facts," and institutions. Whether this is innate and biological or cultural seems still up in the air. Democrats can't with with logical arguments or even appeals to the innate rightness of concepts like "diversity" and "tolerance," because those aren't considered essentially good and important by the voters they're trying to appeal to. This does suggest that an appeal to old New Deal institutional concepts like the Welfare State might actually be effective, if they're wrapped in the flag and a sense of duty. Also scientists still consider the majority of Americans to be like a fascinating exotic backwards tribe and the fucking country is doomed.
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WOW! He has finally admitted it. His classist, racist values shared by his VP. Now that is the kind of straight talk he knows that stir the unfounded fears his audience has. Let's give him that at least. He doesn't have to lie about it anymore. Plus, he can ask HIS god for redemption and salvation later.
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