The Conservative Mindset -- And How To Change It

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Wednesday September 03, 2008 · 3:14 PM PDT

2008/09/03 · 15:14

I was first surprised, then stunned, then astounded at Senator McCain's choice for vice-presidential nominee. I couldn't believe that anyone could think that someone with these positions could actually appeal to anyone who would vote for Senator Clinton, that anyone with this paucity of experience could not be called out by the media as inexperienced and hopelessly unready.

Then I heard the callers on NPR's Talk of the Nation on Tuesday. They were genuinely excited about her! They thought she was a fine pick, that it was enough that she followed her principles in private after espousing them in public, and that the fact that she did so was enough information for them to decide in her favor.

I started wondering about what, exactly, these callers were using to make their decisions.

RobotsRUs

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Friday January 25, 2008 · 4:15 PM PST

2008/01/25 · 16:15

I just received my first robo-call (I live in Florida). Since I hadn't seen anything up for that yet, I thought I'd put up a place for people to note anything about calls they've gotten: what they've received and when, who it was for and why (and what was wrong with who it was against), any scurrilous accusations, and whether a candidate sponsored it or not.

My report, over the jump.

Poll

22 votes Show Results

I'm registered as _ and I've received a robo-call about the _ primary in my state

22 votes Vote Now!

I'm registered as _ and I've received a robo-call about the _ primary in my state

a Democrat, Democratic

5 votes

a Democrat, Republican

4 votes

a Democrat, Democratic and Republican

0 votes

a Republican, Republican

1 vote

a Republican, Democratic

0 votes

a Republican, Democratic and Republican

0 votes

Other, Democratic

0 votes

Other, Republican

1 vote

Other, Democratic and Republican

0 votes

I haven't received any robo-calls, you insensitive clod! Nobody loves me!

7 votes

Pie!

4 votes

Surrounded

RobotsRUs

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Wednesday May 02, 2007 · 9:17 AM PDT

2007/05/02 · 09:17

I'm terribly depressed. What should hit me between the eyes this morning, but the front page of my "local paper proclaiming "Bay High students debate war".

"What's so bad about that?" you think. Well, nothing, really, until you read the first paragraph:

When asked to indicate, by a show of hands, how many supported President Bush's Iraq war initiative, all but two or three arms shot up.

Okay. Maybe it's a small class...

The vote came from a class of about 30 seniors studying international history at Bay High School.

Ouch. And it gets worse. The next paragraph has a quote from a student in the class:

"We have to kill every one of them ... There's not going to be an end to this war until we eliminate insurgency in Iraq."

And as if that wasn't depressing enough...

RobotsRUs

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Thursday November 10, 2005 · 3:32 PM PST

2005/11/10 · 15:32

Front page in my local paper this morning, the Panama City News Herald, (paid subscription required for access to online content even if you get the print version; don't even go there today), first sentence of an article titled County sticking to FCAT standard in the top right hand column (emphasis mine):

Bay District School Board Chairman Ron Danzey said Wednesday that the theory of evolution is wrong and intelligent design should be taught in local classrooms.

Yes, this is my local school board chairman. The one who said that homosexuality is a sin in an open meeting a couple of years ago.

Note that Suicide bombers kill 57, wound 115 gets relegated to the bottom of the front page, under the three-column spread on Alzheimer's.

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Eliminating "Abortion"

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Thursday April 21, 2005 · 7:09 AM PDT

2005/04/21 · 07:09

I was going to post this yesterday, but I didn't want it to get overwhelmed by the Pope-Fest. I considered posting it in two or three pieces, but I felt at least the first time this idea is introduced all the aspects should be looked at. I also realize that this is a very divisive topic, and even people who seem at first to hold similar ideas can in fact be approaching the subject from opposite underlying stances. Please be civil to each other! I am posting this because I had the idea, and felt it should be discussed and dissected, not because I am truly comfortable with it.

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There is a way for those on both sides of the abortion debate to join forces, knowing that they're fighting together for a sane, compassionate solution to the tug-of-war between an unwilling mother and a blameless infant. Instead of throwing money into fighting against each other, they could both put their efforts into biomedical research to find a way for a pregnant woman to have a safe pre-term delivery of a healthy fetus.

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