Today's GOP doesn't do much new thinking. Themes are simple. They avoid complications. Just enough work to hold The Base.
Pro-Life churchgoers + Angry White Males + DSM IV Delusionals =EQ= The Base.
The Pro-Lifers have been locked up for more than a decade. "A Child Is Not A Choice" works to put pictures of pink in utero babies on church bulletin boards. Beats the drum, turning out worker-bees by the millions. This ACINAC project is stronger than nicotine. 60% of The Base.
AWMs and Delusional are rounded up with hate-mongering and bizarre gonna-getcha schemes. "WHERE IS OBAMA'S BIRTH CERTIFICATE ?" makes a first-rate, one-meme Mental Status Exam. Today's selection is from Chicago Tribune online.
There's an estimated 15,000,000 Personality Disorder adults. Don't look at their spew as political statement. The words are personal,not related to governance or to social issues. For this Trib sample of whatchamacallits... below the fold:::
You couldn't make this **** up. Unless you were a Paranoid-trolling GOPer.
"Trolling" in the sense of going out with a boat and pulling a baited line behind in the wake.
The AWM + Delusionals crew appear to make up 40% of The Base. Here they are:
-- What about all of the welfare recipients who have 3X more children than working parents.
-- When will Barry come clean with his college transcripts??
-- What is he going to do, fire Barney Frank? -- as otherwise, D.C. will remain irresponsible....
-- Who, exactly, was responsible for that $300,000 date night in NYC for the Obamas a couple weeks ago? Who, exactly, is responsible for the zero-equity mortgages a lot of borrowers asked... ? -- implying that these are parallel....
-- (Obama's) America is asleep and fascism has planted its roots.
-- ...going to Cairo and making speeches implying he will bring freedom to the Islamic nations as if he is President of the World....
-- ... the most irresponsible man to ever sit in the Oval Office....
One key is that you never see Inductive Logic. Racist crapola sneaks in. Here at the Trib you see a call for "Barry's" college transcripts, not the birth certificate. A small variance.
What a mess....
HERE at Wiki links to the Personality Disorder information. The main vectors are straightforward.
Paranoia is the big driver. Unhappiness leads to blaming others. "External locus of control" becomes a rolling excuse for problems. Schemes and gonna-getcha fantasies are easy sales, where paranoia gets established.
This mess... is a major part of what the GOP is doing to get votes. GOPer media tacticians are going after DSM IV delusionals, every day, the same as they are going after Pro-Lifers.