Posted on 11/24/2012 9:41:18 AM PST by AnonymousConservative
There is a follow on post to this one, discussing political strategy at
http://www.anonymousconservative.com/blog/?p=607
Obama courted his base, over and over again. Rove and the other GOP elites ignored their base, took them for granted and expected them to follow along. After the election, they still didn’t understand what happen. They will repeat this mistake in the election as well, because they already been flouting rinos to test the waters.
The GOP should not have excluded so many conservatives to the convention. I’m no Paul fan but the GOP didn’t do enough to court his people as well.
the Pursuit of Happyness is a hell of a film. You should watch it.
Well done. I think this format / organization will work on those who already think the way we do, or are intelligent enough to work through the ramifications of your points. I don’t think it would work on the Rove-ists or those already on the left.
Your amygdalae-related explanation fogs the point you’re trying to make which (IMO) is that the country in general lacks a proper grasp of where we are, and the consequences of continuing the status quo. They live in that happy ignorance that comes from a life lacking the explanation and critical consideration of real world consequences. They have had their self esteem endlessly, and needlessly reinforced by their teachers, parents and leaders such that they’ve never had to lose, never been told “no”, never understood that someone winning through effort and natural ability is a good thing. The endless preaching of non-violence (which you touched on) goes hand in hand with an overabundance of caution, and a mindless protection of the environment.
From top to bottom, it’s my opinion that the populace is “damaged”. Whether you could reach them through honest ad-engineering or not remains to be seen. Until the current crop of appeasers and panderers is flushed from the party (or a conservative party is properly formed, which in itself seems an insurmountable challenge), the party will not be willing to perform what they see as political suicide through “negative”, “hateful” and “divisive” ads.
Setting aside your reliance on the amygdalae as your primary driver (something that sounds like the classic definition of "reactionary" to me) I agree that the populace needs to be exposed to the negative side of the liberal worldview.
Traditionally, the negative side of any currently ruling worldview was the domain of a free press. However, that press barely exists and what has taken its place is an obsequious pack of sycophants clamoring each day for their bit of propaganda to publish.
So how does the true nature of the liberal worldview get revealed? I am afraid, this time, it will require that the agenda of the left become implemented. Not that this has not occurred before many times in history, but the populace of this once free nation has been lulled to sleep. Short of a genuine revival (yes, that kind of a revival), I don't see much to stop the nation from playing out the time-honored script of the left. The assumption of power in the name of "the people" by corrupt individuals who very quickly oppress those they claimed to be freeing, followed by prison and/or death to dissenters, and, eventually, revolution. Given the power of technology today, I am inclined to expect those deaths to be in the millions and the likelihood of a successful revolution slim.
Everybody has stories about the crazy or stupid things their parents did on vacation.
Our kids have similar stories about the crazy or stupid things we do on vacation.
For all anyone knows, Romney's less of a psychopath than you are.
We need more pictures of Detroit and California and the like
You are wholly correct.
I’m not making the point Republicans can or should ignore the base. Rather, I am hoping Republicans will see that you make a Republican by relentlessly attacking the Liberal position, and pointing out Liberals are the enemy of the country.
If you drive that point home enough, you strip Liberalism of it’s moderates, and that only helps. Of course, if a candidate attacks Liberalism enough, he will tend to excite the base as well.
>Well done.
Thank you.
>Your amygdalae-related explanation fogs the point youre trying to make which (IMO) is that the country in general lacks a proper grasp of where we are, and the consequences of continuing the status quo.
Interesting. I may think differently, so this seemed good to me. Perhaps most others don’t?
>From top to bottom, its my opinion that the populace is damaged. Whether you could reach them through honest ad-engineering or not remains to be seen. Until the current crop of appeasers and panderers is flushed from the party (or a conservative party is properly formed, which in itself seems an insurmountable challenge), the party will not be willing to perform what they see as political suicide through negative, hateful and divisive ads.
My hope is some will read the research on my site, and realize the damage is almost certainly not so much damage, as atrophy of the amygdala, and that research indicates that it can actually be corrected, through an aggressive derision of the Liberalism.
Thank you for the feedback. I increasingly realize we all think differently, and appreciate others giving me a window into their perceptions of my unique (odd?) angle on things.
I think ideologues are, by definition, reactionary, even if they might temper this with a subsequent logical examination fo things.
>So how does the true nature of the liberal worldview get revealed? I am afraid, this time, it will require that the agenda of the left become implemented.
I cannot argue with any of the rest of your post. I just hope as we head there, perhaps somebody in power will hear what I am saying - that aggressive denigration of Leftism now might avert the real world agony which is coming.
Thank you for the comment.
Could be, though I can’t possibly see the dog thing playing out with me in the lead me. But there have been other little indicators, from the bug squishing, to his getting snakebit on Benghazi, to his brilliance in finance.
For the record, I don’t think he’s “bad,” - he has compensated (probably through religion) quite well. But I strongly suspect the unusual brain function is there.
Yes, combined with an aggressive in your face denigration of Liberalism.
I haven’t seen the film - I’ll take a look. May I ask what the connection you see is?
I despise them as much as I do the demonrats, if not more so, with each and every election. Republicans are the Luke Warm Spew party.
They won't fight, don't believe in principles and give the demonrats whatever tools they want/need to enslave, control and fleece we, the foolish.
May they all reap what they have sown along the way and for the commandments they've broken to gain and hold "power" and wield influence.
Based on your response it seems you’re intentionally taking a scientific angle on the problem. If so, the original post makes perfect sense.
That you for that video.
My feeling is the pacifist Libs in the Party do what they do becasue they “feel” like it’s right. So my hope is to outline a technical mechanism that would indicate their feelings are in error, leading them to question their feelings, and maybe change course.
Thanks again for the response.
Thank you for the kind words. I agree on the party, but hope things may change, as times turn bad. When everything is in the crapper, all because of the Libs, maybe we won’t be in such a good mood.
Some say both, which is the short term sell for a variety of addictions, including voting for rinos and demonrats, but not the way to being truly successful at any level.
How do you sell delayed gratification? Romney may have had some business sense, but he's no salesman. He didn't fill in the blanks like you did.
The republicans don't need more lawyers or consultants. They need salespeople. The market is waiting...
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