Oh boy. You skipped some political threads today, we can tell ;) <channeling Sam> Don't you know that this report was made up by people who think like you to make people who think like me look bad? Why are you calling us ignorant? Why are you calling us delusional? How dare you? 58 million people can't be wrong! And if they are who cares? We have bombs! Grrrr! </channeling Sam>
Dana On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 18:45:43 -0400, Angel Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.pipa.org/OnlineReports/Pres_Election_04/Report10_21_04.pdf > > ""It is normal during elections for supporters of presidential candidates to have > fundamental disagreements about values (such as > the proper role of the government) or strategies (such as how best to defend US > interests). As we have seen, the current election is > unique in that Bush supporters and Kerry supporters have profoundly different > perceptions of reality. So why is this the case? And, > more specifically, why are Bush supporters holding so clinging so tightly to beliefs > that have been so visibly refuted? As > discussed, one key possible explanation for why Bush supporters continue to believe > that Iraq had WMD or a major WMD program, and > supported al Qaeda is that they continue to hear the Bush administration confirming > these beliefs. > > Another possible explanation is that Bush supporters cling to these beliefs because > they are necessary for their support for the > decision to go to war with Iraq. Asked whether the US should have gone to war with > Iraq if US intelligence had concluded that Iraq > was not making WMD or providing support to al Qaeda, 58% of Bush supporters said the > US should not have, and 61% assume that in this > case the president would not have. To support the president and to accept that he > took the US to war based on mistaken assumptions > is difficult to bear, especially in light of the continuing costs in terms of lives > and > money. Apparently, to avoid this cognitive dissonance, Bush supporters suppress > awareness of unsettling information." > > The article goes into details the questions asked and the responses to those > questions. I found it quite interesting. And it's > unfortunate that the Democrats weren't able to see what was happening, and find > better ways to respond to the situation. > > -Gel > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:134307 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
