Seymour93

I just got done watching John Dean, a former member of the Conservative Movement, promoting his new book, "Conservatives Without Conscience" on Countdown with Keith Olberman.

Here's the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f1Idgh5KUw

Dean basically states that research has shown that Republicans tend to have personalities that naturally favour authoritarianism. These Republicans are so set on believing what they want to believe - even if the facts suggest otherwise - that they are willing to sacrifice our freedoms for their agenda. Once the leaders of the authoritarian/conservative movement come out with a policy or label a political foe, the followers, apparently 23% of the entire population fit this type of personality (so never expect to see Bush's popularity sink below 23%), will have their minds set and will not budge unless the leaders tell them too. Simple, but sad.

First we must understand that authoritarianism relies on fear. When people are scared they tend to favour authoritarianism, because it offers a comforting hand. For the simpleton... If you believe whatever I tell you, do as I say, I'll protect you in return. That's authoritarianism.

The leaders of this movement must have a common enemy for their followers. It used to be communists, but now it has changed to terrorists and domestically, liberals. No matter what a liberal says or does, he or she will always be a liberal in the followers eyes therefore making their thoughts or actions invalid. You cannot convince the 23% because you will always be the enemy until the leaders say you're not, basically.

No doubt the usual suspects of this forum will decry Olberman, Dean, MSNBC, and even me for even posting this because we're are liberals and liberals are bad so they cannot be trusted or so says messiah Limbaugh. Pretty wacky stuff, however Dean may just be on to something here. It would certainly explain the lack of criticism towards the Bush administration from rightwing Republicans.

Discuss.

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patsfan13

It speaks volumes about Dean if he feels that the opposition party is more of a danger than a group of people who have declared war on and attacked this country. I suppose this explains why the dems have politicized the GWOT to try and gain a political advantage.

Thank God the opposition party didn't behave this way during WW2.

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Blue Collar

I demand you to stop interfering with facts, dang it all to hell, you are fu--ing up a spin job that looked to be good....STOP IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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patsfan13

Whoops!

Coulda sworn H Dean had said the same stuff.

Sounds like J Dean is still a liar.

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"Some guys play in all-star games, some guys don't. I don't know who picks all those all-star teams. In all honesty, I don't know who picks the combine, for that matter," Belichick said. "How does (Miami-Ohio offensive lineman Brandon) Brooks not get invited to the combine? How did Vollmer not get invited to the combine? I don't know. We can't really worry about that. We just have to try to evaluate them the best we can."

Harry Boy

Don't worry 13, John Dean is just as bad as Whacko Howard, John Dean is a slimey little sniveling "Stool Pigeon", his own wife called him a little Rat.

Blue Collar

Generals, politicians,anyone in the human race that has a different opinion than YOU OR YOUR POLITICAL FACTION is a stool pigeon and a little rat,RUN IT TO THE GROUND

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DarrylS

Here is an interesting factoid for you all, we have now been in Iraq longer that we were in WWII... interesting, but of info to file away in your cesspool of knowledge or to bring up at a ****tail party.

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Blue Collar

ACCORDING TO NEWT GINGRICH we are in WW III so it will be alot longer war, we are fighting an highly advanced military that has a vast and equally devistating technical armaments and delivery systems as the U.S. defense department.

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Turd Furguson

Yet when pressed, Blue Collar's only alternative to the current state of action is to post a YouTube video.


I've yet to hear A SINGLE reasonable idea on an alternative to what we're doing now from the lefties.

Blue Collar

I WILL bump up my idea in the red herring thread for you turd, and you can add your military plan if you so wish, college educated furgurson.

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