On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 16:51:06 -0500 c b <cb31...@gmail.com> writes: > Michelle Bachmann's intelligence isn't the issue. Like Palin and W, > she wants to appear less educated, because that enhances her brand > with a "she's just one of us" vitality. None of these people are > stupid. You can't get where they are if you're stupid. Ad hominem > attacks result from laziness. Zero in on the issues. When we attack > the personalities we are allowing the Republicans to choose the > ground > we fight on. > > ^^^^ > CB:I very much agree with this. The simulated "regular person" act > pandering to American anti-intellectualism is vintage Reagan. None > of > them are stupid.
Yes, Ronald Reagan was the master of this, but he had his predecessors too. Back in the 1950s, President Eisenhower pulled a similar act too. He was famous for his press conferences with his jumbled syntax, his confusing and confuesed answers, which aroused jeers from the pundits but which greatly increased his appeal to his base. We have his diaries where he boasted of doing just that. It was, after all, rather unlikely that the man who had been the successful Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during WWII would have been a dope. Jim Farmelant http://independent.academia.edu/JimFarmelant www.foxymath.com Learn or Review Basic Math > They are frauds and demagoges ( i can never spell > that). They are big time liars. A main characteristic of the Tea > Party > is its mendacity. > > > Charles Brown > ?@Richard "these people were born a third base and think they hit > a > home run all this .." > ^^^^ > This points to a central Tea Party Lie. Most Tea Partiers are middle > to upper income. They are the types who declare the USA the greatest > country in the history of the world AND they are among the main > material beneficiaries of this "American Greatness" they announce. > So, > what a fraud for them to be attacking the US government which has > done > more for them than the vast majority of the People. It's such an > obvious fraud. They are Spoiled , Whining Brats. > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/15/us/politics/15poll.html > > Poll Finds Tea Party Backers Wealthier and More Educated > > Charles Brown ?...the US government which has done more for them > than > the vast majority of the People, but of course, they have and purvey > the self-serving delusion that they are these Great Individuals who > accomplished their greater prosperity all on their own, by > themSelves, > independently of society, government and others - NOT ! They have > the > bourgeois libertarian delusions of grandeur. > > ________________ > Marxism-Thaxis mailing list > Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu > To change your options or unsubscribe go to: > http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis > ____________________________________________________________ Globe Life Insurance $1* Buys $50,000 Life Insurance. Adults or Children. No Medical Exam. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d40c6051c584dfb18bst06vuc _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
