Election 2006: The Republican Tragedy, and the Lessons Learned
Today will probably mark one of the busiest blog days EVER.
I am making a personal commitment to visit political blogs everywhere, leaving my mark. This is the kind of day bloggers live for.
So, the Dems take Congress...
Lord have mercy. America is in for some mess...and according to some sources, it is mostly because of the heightened focus on Republican scandals.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20061108/D8L8MM9G0.html
And of course, there weren't any Democrats involved in any scandalous activity, oh no. If there had been, our completely unbiased American media would have given it equal news coverage. Oh no, the Republicans are just evil, and the actions of a few represent the ethics, values, and actions of the whole.
You know, it makes me sick how America is trusting a bunch of spin doctors and witch hunters who can't even admit that there is dirt on both sides, and that they had to mimic what is best about their opponents to even gain the trust of the American voters. But America has always had to learn her lessons the hard way. This is another one...
The Democrats gained momentum by principles of the Theory of Social Identity, explained here:
The Theory of Social Identity investigates the psychological basis of intergroup discrimination, and is composed of three elements: categorization, identification, and comparison. This theory, formed by Henri Tajfel and John Turner, suggests "that group members compare their group with others, in order to define their group as positive, and therefore by implication, see themselves in a positive way. That is, people choose to compare their groups with other groups in ways that reflect positively on themselves." (Wikibooks, Introduction to Sociology). This logic is built upon the foundation of Leon Festinger's 1954 notion of social comparison, which says that in order to validate ourselves, we compare ourselves with similar others in a discriminatory way. The Theory of Social Identity also suggests that through group association and comparison, one bolsters his or her own self-esteem by associating him or herself with successes within his or her own group, thus sharing in the success as an individual because he or she is a group member, and futhermore as an opponent of other unsuccessful groups.
So, in a nutshell, most people determine much of their sense of success, moral superiority, and other characteristics connected to self-esteem through their association with particular groups.
In laymen's terms, the Democrats used the media to make our group look bad, and it made them feel better about themselves. With that increased confidence came hope for a future more focused on themselves (being all who associated themselves with the Dems this term), and with that narcissism came increased voter turnout among the Democrats.
'Our guys are better than your guys, nah nah ne nah nah...'
And that's how the left was won...
So what did we learn? We learned that these old scandalous farts need to keep their things in their pants, their hands out of the cookie jar, and their eyes on the real problem, which is public opinion. Bush made a big enough mess without us having to come behind others, whom I won't name, and try to juggle all of that with our conservative morality argument as the pedastal we sat upon. The public opinion is that Conservative Republicans are hypocrits, full of crap and out of gas.
They stole our seats, y'all...they stole OUR seats.
How did they manage to pull it off? Study the behavior and the social science...you might see something else of value in there...something that Black America (and other struggling communities) could benefit from greatly.
More on that hidden treasure at a later date in the near future...
I.C. Jackson
http://northstar.icjackson.com
I am making a personal commitment to visit political blogs everywhere, leaving my mark. This is the kind of day bloggers live for.
So, the Dems take Congress...
Lord have mercy. America is in for some mess...and according to some sources, it is mostly because of the heightened focus on Republican scandals.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20061108/D8L8MM9G0.html
And of course, there weren't any Democrats involved in any scandalous activity, oh no. If there had been, our completely unbiased American media would have given it equal news coverage. Oh no, the Republicans are just evil, and the actions of a few represent the ethics, values, and actions of the whole.
You know, it makes me sick how America is trusting a bunch of spin doctors and witch hunters who can't even admit that there is dirt on both sides, and that they had to mimic what is best about their opponents to even gain the trust of the American voters. But America has always had to learn her lessons the hard way. This is another one...
The Democrats gained momentum by principles of the Theory of Social Identity, explained here:
The Theory of Social Identity investigates the psychological basis of intergroup discrimination, and is composed of three elements: categorization, identification, and comparison. This theory, formed by Henri Tajfel and John Turner, suggests "that group members compare their group with others, in order to define their group as positive, and therefore by implication, see themselves in a positive way. That is, people choose to compare their groups with other groups in ways that reflect positively on themselves." (Wikibooks, Introduction to Sociology). This logic is built upon the foundation of Leon Festinger's 1954 notion of social comparison, which says that in order to validate ourselves, we compare ourselves with similar others in a discriminatory way. The Theory of Social Identity also suggests that through group association and comparison, one bolsters his or her own self-esteem by associating him or herself with successes within his or her own group, thus sharing in the success as an individual because he or she is a group member, and futhermore as an opponent of other unsuccessful groups.
So, in a nutshell, most people determine much of their sense of success, moral superiority, and other characteristics connected to self-esteem through their association with particular groups.
In laymen's terms, the Democrats used the media to make our group look bad, and it made them feel better about themselves. With that increased confidence came hope for a future more focused on themselves (being all who associated themselves with the Dems this term), and with that narcissism came increased voter turnout among the Democrats.
'Our guys are better than your guys, nah nah ne nah nah...'
And that's how the left was won...
So what did we learn? We learned that these old scandalous farts need to keep their things in their pants, their hands out of the cookie jar, and their eyes on the real problem, which is public opinion. Bush made a big enough mess without us having to come behind others, whom I won't name, and try to juggle all of that with our conservative morality argument as the pedastal we sat upon. The public opinion is that Conservative Republicans are hypocrits, full of crap and out of gas.
They stole our seats, y'all...they stole OUR seats.
How did they manage to pull it off? Study the behavior and the social science...you might see something else of value in there...something that Black America (and other struggling communities) could benefit from greatly.
More on that hidden treasure at a later date in the near future...
I.C. Jackson
http://northstar.icjackson.com
posted by I.C. Jackson @ 11:54 PM
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