When It’s Head Versus Heart, The Heart Wins

Yes, that is why Hitler was so beloved by Germans. He also "inspired" them. Brecht was right, it is easier to manipulate people with mush than rational thought.

To the political science student: Please read Barck Obama's book, the Audacity of Hope. Then read Carl Berstein's book about Hillary, A Women in Control. (in which he speaks of her difficulty in telling the truth) Then report back to us. Both should be required reading for a poly sci student. Perhaps you should consider a different field, because someone so ill-informed & narrow mined as to judge a person by the color of their skin & to say someone's value is solely created by the media needs to study something like math, not a people science.

You want a heart?

and this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0cnePDVt-g&feature=related
And watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlATFrHhMQc

Check this out. HIllary is 13 points up from Obama in today's Gallup polls. But, that's not news of course: http://www.gallup.com/poll/104200/Gallup-Daily-Tracking-Election-2008.aspx

Obama is like Paris Hilton, an empty media created vacuum. I wonder if his supporters do know that he does not write his own speeches, but a white guy writes them? I wonder how African-Americans would feel about that.

About the youth vote: Hillary won youth vote in Cal and Mass, where is the highest saturation of smart youth vote (think Harvard, MIT, BU, Brandeis in Mass, Stanford, CALTech, UCLA, Berkeley). Those are so called brainy youths. So, Obama basically wins the dumb youths of this coutry who want to feel progressive and cool, but can't do your basic fact check research.

Lastly, those who are using attack/delegitimizing tactics: you should be ashamed. Vote for Romney, or not, because of his record in Massachussetts or with the Olympics. Criticize him for changing his stances on some issues, or accept that people do make mistakes or change their minds. Doesn't matter, those are legitimate questions, whether they are driven by head or heart. But that crap about him being Mormon? Hello, he's a Christian. If accepting Christ as your Savior is what matters to you, then he has. If religion is important to you, then be pleased that he's one of the few candidates who's passionate about his (or her) faith and is active in their religious community. If you think that the Mormon Church has some seriously odd-sounding practices, have you looked at your own religion lately? Whether you're Catholic or Baptist or Jewish or Muslim, there are believes or traditions or symbols of devotion that, well, require a leap in faith. At least he's proven a willingness and ability to work with others, regardless of their religion! And his beliefs haven't gone against supporting America's economic engine (investment in science and technology). Why has nobody, not even Newsweek, questioned Huckabee's supposed "tolerance" (as in, barely tolerates) other Christian denominations let alone other religions? How is that going to represent the interests of all Americans across the country, let alone help him work with heads of state who are Russian Orthodox, Catholic, Methodist, Jewish, Sunni, Shia, Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, Athiest, and more? Or how his religious beliefs will impact his decisions to fund scientific research? Not asking those questions about Huckabee, and asking the ones being asked about Romney, are... heart.

Interesting how an article about voting with hearts not head has most here passionately supporting one candidate, with much of the "evidence" being little more than justification for hearts leading the head!
Obama and Clinton have virtually the same platform... so, those lobbing criticisms that the other plan, that's heart.
Both are very intelligent, and both have proven themselves good at plying the political backrooms. With Clinton, you aren't involved in federal politics for decades otherwise. With Obama, he's been on the scene for less time, but look at the splash he's made, getting the lemmings (ie journalists) and political veterans on board. So, are your arguments heart or head?
Both have outspoken, educated, intelligent spouses who are active in the campaigns, and will both be co-Presidents (following in Eleanor Roosevelt's footprints). To say otherwise, that's heart.
The Iraq war... folks, you forget, virtually all Americans were for it. Yup, Obama was against; in hindsight, a good call. But Clinton was in Congress; how could a Senator from NEW YORK vote otherwise?! Particularly given the evidence that Bush claimed to have, and key members of Congress were shown and told their caucus it was good. Saying Hillary or Barack were more right is... heart.
Both Hillary and Barack can collaborate for legislative successes, it???s in their records.
It's true that Hillary is polarizing, but how much of that is refusal to vote for any woman? What about the many who won't be able to stomach a black man sitting in the Oval Office? Maybe seeing Colin Powell and Condoleeza Rice in a Presidents??? inner circle have helped voters picture someone other than (yet another) white male as President. That decision will be heart.
And, claims that a President will create jobs or close the border or make you safe are dreams. No head of state, other than a dictator, has that power.
Look at your candidate with a clear dispassionate eye, and level the same criticism against him/her as you would her/his challengers to the nomination, or whomever wins the nomination on the other side. Nobody's perfect, and it's highly unlikely than ANY of them fully reflects everything you believe in; it???s a leap of faith. Who represents you best? Who has the best chance of steering America where you want it to go? Who???s most electable? Avoid the trap of ideology trumping reason. You're just coming off a Presidency where your head of state never came across a fact that he couldn't ignore if it didn't match perfectly with his beliefs.

I use my head and my heart and both tell me Clinton is the wrong person to lead our Country. How can a person who cries because of the pressure of the elections handle the pressure of being President?
A woman could lead our Country but Hillary is not that woman.
Don???t vote because of race or gender. Vote for a candidate who supports the issues you believe in.

Now we know why every friggin' mormon in the country votes for Rmney. Even the Harry "pinky" Reid Dems vote for him. Their devil identifies with their devil.

If the media-- Newsweek among them-- only publish chirpy stories about a candidates' childhood, or career, or spouse, or pets, it's no wonder that the majority of voters use "character" as their yardstick, rather than a candidates positions, experience, plans, and acceptability (domestic and international).

There has been a marked dumbing-down of politics, and as a result declining voter turn out, and the increasing belief that candidates (and, in some cases, even parties) are interchangeable. That isn't surprising, when you look at what makes the TV news. Even Newsweek, which until this election at least could be counted upon to report on platforms, has now jumped on the personality bandwagon.

As a voter, I want to know their previous record, their experience, their platform, and their plans for what they want to do. I want to know if they are familiar with the leading issues, domestic and international. It doesn't matter if I'd rather do lunch with Hillary or Barack or Mitt or John, because it will never happen; from a Presidential candidate's perspective, I'm a nobody. What does matter is whether members of Congress can and will work with them, and whether the Presidents and Prime Ministers of Canada, Germany, Britain, France, Japan, China, Russia, etc respect and can work with them. I'm not electing a buddy, I'm voting for the head of state. So, stop underestimating me, and other voters. True, not everyone will bother to learn everything, but at least make it easy for them to find out the facts, and you'll be surprised at how well they use them.

could we start discussing the potential Supreme Court nominees? What will happen to women if McCain wins and appoints more conservatives? What kind of justices will a Democratic president appoint? We need balance, and if there are more conservatives on the court, all of our lives will be affected, and many of us are quite worried about privact rights, sexual orientation rights, and the right to choose. When will this be discussed in the political forum?

I agree with madmargie, I too am a lifelong republican, and I am almost ashamed to admit it thanks to dubya.
I did an unjustified and unpopular war (Vietnam). I was always TOTALLY opposed to the was in Iraq. We have all discovered that it was not justified. Now that we're there, it'll be a real problem to exit. I disagree that we should leave right now at all haste. As soon as possible - yes, the problem is to determine when.

What happened to the fact that the question was Head versus Heart and which is better. Were getting off track. Guess as I've said before, head will prevail over heart. Think then speak. Not the other way around. The new is now constantly saying how Obama is gaining strength in the polls, and leading in others. POLLS agian, and the poll people will run to vote the POLLS.. Such a sad state of affairs.. I can only hope that when it comes down to the vote that really counts that the people of this country can pull thier heads out.

I have a VERY difficult time believing Clinton. Bill's first campaign promised changes and evolution in the health program. The job was given to Mrs Clinton. Results - Nada, in fact things got worse for everyone except the HMO's and insurance companies. They had eight years. Why in the world should we give her another chance to tool us around.