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From: Linda Elsdon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 2008/9/2
An excellent article…L.
"What is at stake in this election are our ideals and our view of the
future, as well as current realities. The Palin choice brings both front and
center. Democrats, being Democrats, will mostly talk about the realities
nonstop without paying attention to the dimensions of values and symbolism.
Democrats, in addition, need to call an extremist an extremist: to shine a
light on the shared anti-democratic ideology of McCain and Palin, the same
ideology shared by Bush and Cheney. They share values antithetical to our
democracy. That needs to be said loud and clear, if not by the Obama
campaign itself, then by the rest of us who share democratic American
values.
"Our job is to bring external realities together with the reality of the
political mind. Don't ignore the cognitive dimension. It is through cultural
narratives, metaphors, and frames that we understand and express our
ideals."
*George Lakoff is the author of The Political Mind: Why You Can't Understand
20th Century Politics With an 18th Century Brain.*
*Read the entire article...
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*The Palin Choice: The Reality of Voters' Minds*
*By George Lakoff, AlterNet*
*Posted on September 1, 2008*
*http://www.alternet.org/story/97193/*
This election matters because of realities -- the realities of global
warming, the economy, the Middle East, nuclear proliferation, civil
liberties, species extinction, poverty here and around the world, and on and
on. Such realities are what make this election so very crucial, and how to
deal with them is the substance of the Democratic platform.
Election campaigns matter because who gets elected can change reality. But
election campaigns are primarily about the realities of voters' minds, which
depend on how the candidates and the external realities are cognitively
framed. They can be framed honestly or deceptively, effectively or clumsily.
And they are always framed from the perspective of a worldview.
The Obama campaign has learned this. The Republicans have long known it, and
the choice of Sarah Palin as their Vice-Presidential candidate reflects
their expert understanding of the political mind and political marketing.
Democrats who simply belittle the Palin choice are courting disaster. It
must be taken with the utmost seriousness....go to *
http://www.alternet.org/module/printversion/97193*
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*An Ex-Beauty Queen for VP: Political Risk or Political Genius?*
By Heather Gehlert, AlterNet
Sarah Palin may be more of a threat to Obama than Democrats are recognizing.
Dismissing her would be just as dangerous as dismissing women voters. ...
go to http://www.alternet.org/module/printversion/97193
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