Re: Surviving a culture of fear

Jim10293@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

On Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:40:02 -0500, Alan Lichtenstein <arl@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:


Rita wrote:


On Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:18:47 -0500, Alan Lichtenstein <arl@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:



Rita wrote:



On Sat, 01 Nov 2008 16:40:12 -0400, Alan Lichtenstein <arl@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:




Islander wrote:




I'm listening to the reports of citizens purchasing guns and worrying about their safety if Obama wins *or* if he loses.

McCain and Palin are capitalizing on this fear in their attempts to cast doubt on Obama without consideration of the consequences of their speech. Listen to McCain's speeches and count the times that he uses words like "angry" and "fight." Lately, he warns about the possibility of a government run by Obama, Pelosi and Reid. The message seems to be all about fear. "Be afraid, be very afraid!"

It seems to me that this is a very dangerous strategy, that McCain would rather risk civil unrest rather than lose an election.

We are reaping the harvest of years of Republican fear mongering.

It is time, I think, to change the rhetoric. When I listen to Obama, I hear an entirely different theme. His message is not just about change, but about pulling together to solve the daunting problems that face us.

Personally, I've done my share of blaming the Republicans, but I think that it is most useful now to focus on what we can do to build a better future.

In the words of FDR at another time of crisis, "We have nothing to fear but fear itself."

I haven't seen those reports, and I wouldn't be surprised if they were being circulated by Republican last-ditch efforts. But they should realize that those irrational statements only appeal to the emotional fears of that limited segment of the population who is already so ideological and intellectually challenged that they have always declared for McCain. So, their preaching to the choir so to speak is really not going to have much of an effect anyway.


And many of the "bitters" have been fed many fanciful tales about
Obama to make them fear him. I think when they observe him
as President he will be able to at least neutralize those fears
and even make them disappear in time.

From your mouth to God's ears. I still recall Jimmy Carter. Perhaps

Obama will be different. For the good of the Democratic Party, I hope so.



We know he is a uniter, not a divider.

IMHO, that issue is a smokescreen, and irrelevant. He only needs to produce policies which actually have a positive effect on dealing with the Nation's problems. No one person is ever going to bring the entire country together because the ideological differences will always exist. The best we can hope for is someone who produces policies which the majority believe makes things better for them.



Notice how at McCain and Palin rallies when the crowds boo
Obama both of them beam and clap. When they do that at Obama
rallies, he says, "No, we don't need that. Just vote."
Works like a charm.

Taking the High Road usually works, except when it doesn't, as in the case of John Kerry. But apparently it's working now, and that's all that matters.


I posted a story here today that pollsters have found the various
stories to make Obama seem unpatriotic, sinister, un-American and
"foreign" simply did not work.

That's why it is so very amusing that some here are still spreading
stories of that ilk -- "black booted storm troopers", etc. etc.
Tomorrow they can eat them and I hope they choke on them. I don't
take to that kind of thing at all kindly.

Just chalk it up to the'sour grapes' of the intellectually challenged members of the minions of the great unwashed. Because that's all it really is. Rita, stupid people grasp at straws when their stupidity is unmasked. That never seems to amaze me, as they have a perfectly reasonable and rational alternative: Accept reality as the facts demonstrate and don't try to revise that reality in your own mind.


You want people to read you when every post from you, Rita, Evelyn,
and others is this kind of stuff?

Jim, I've always subscribed to the thesis that the truth doesn't hurt. You should try it sometime.
.

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