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Thread #109888   Message #2300992
Posted By: GUEST,Guest
30-Mar-08 - 08:39 AM
Thread Name: BS: Politics and Cognitive Dissonance
Subject: RE: BS: Politics and Cognitive Dissonance
number6, nice to know someone gets what I'm talking about.

Being perpetually surrounded by the koolaid drinkers here in the US, with this "a little too enthusiastic" sort of enthusiasm, is a very disturbing trend among duopolists here in the US in the post-Newt era.

And anytime people can't see and admit to flaws in their candidate of choice, I'm highly suspicious.

Politics is no place for koolaid drinking cheerleaders, yet...there is just this sort of tendency in American politics to make it just like the student council election in high school again every four years. A popularity contest. Yet vehemently (and boy, do I mean vehemently) denying that aspect of how people make their choices of candidates.

This election is an excellent example of how the American people go about picking their "favorite". Obama is the BMOC, and Clinton is the smart girl who just isn't very well liked by the boys.

Creepy.