When It’s Head Versus Heart, The Heart Wins

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  • Posted By: beards_rule @ 02/05/2008 10:54:37 AM

    As usual the media has hijacked the election and favored the corrupted system members. People haven't got the guts for real change we just talk about doing what's necessary. We are spoiled by decades of easy times. Mr. Paul is the only one that's got it figured out but there's little chance of electing him. We don't have the courage to back him or any one like him.

  • Posted By: beards_rule @ 02/05/2008 10:47:27 AM

    What do you want more of the same or a change. If you want more of the same, vote for the established political professionals that say whatever will get them elected. There is only one candidate on either side that is talking solutions that are unpopular but will restore the USA to where we were before greedy and the elite brotherhood took control decades ago. Mr. Ron Paul if you read his platform is pro constitution, pro freedom. A good leader is ok but where are they leading?????

  • Posted By: adamskr @ 02/05/2008 10:42:33 AM

    vote Hillary! The cult-like frenzy around Obama is creepy. Speech-making and empty promises does not make a good President! vote Hillary!

  • Posted By: rcwillis @ 02/05/2008 10:42:13 AM

    We don't need another lying Clinton in the White House. If she wins, move them into a trailer.

  • Posted By: rcwillis @ 02/05/2008 10:40:25 AM

    We don't need another lying Clinton in the White House. If she is elected move them into a trailer.

  • Posted By: paulte @ 02/04/2008 8:46:36 PM

    This is disturbing news if true of many voters. Candidiates should be chosen based upon the issues not on their personalities. However, if personality predominates, then why would anyone vote for Hillary?

    • Posted By: unleashed004 @ 02/05/2008 4:31:16 AM

      I happen to like Hillary's personality, thank you very much, as do millions of other Americans.

      • Posted By: paulte @ 02/05/2008 10:30:56 AM

        Please speak for yourself and not for the alleged millions! Of course there are plenty of trolls in this country, so you could be right! I guess people who have no personality would like Hillary's alleged personality. After all, the wicked witch of the west had a personality too!

  • Posted By: ranchbutcher @ 02/05/2008 10:29:36 AM

    we dont need a preacher we ned a leader vote clinton

  • Posted By: ranchbutcher @ 02/05/2008 10:27:43 AM

    we dont need a preacher we need a leader vote for clinton

  • Posted By: Cates @ 02/05/2008 10:25:42 AM

    Conservatives are the masters when it comes to appealing to the emotional of fear ??? this has made the Republican Party the home to the ignorant, irrational, passionate fanatic.

    Conservatives are driven by irrational emotional and dogmatic instincts...
    as elucidated in a paper titled Political Conservatism as Motivated Social Cognition
    http://www.wam.umd.edu/~hannahk/bulletin.pdf

    Once in power conservatives are guided by the same irrational thought and grossly overestimate themselves and abilities.
    http://www.wam.umd.edu/~hannahk/bulletin.pdf

    ???. Enter GW Bush.

  • Posted By: jimtranr @ 02/05/2008 9:58:22 AM

    To have even the potential of an informed electorate--i.e., one which votes with its head--requires news coverage that informs. The "reporting" of this year's primary campaign has struck me overall as shallow and, in some cases, as uncritical as the coverage we were subjected to during the leadup to the invasion of Iraq. One has to wonder how much the enthusiasm so many journalists and commentators have displayed at the prospect of a brokered convention--maybe two of them--where they can get their own self-indulgent jollies has influenced what we've read in print and seen on our TV and computer screens over the past several months. A lot of it has been cloying fluff, not substance, and in many instances irrelevant and certainly contributory to "heart-influenced" voting decisions.

    This past week's media drool over the Kennedy clan endorsements--well, at least the endorsements of those Kennedys supporting the media's darling--is a case in point. It's notable that the candidate who insists he's the only one focused on the future has so heartily courted, and embraced, the imprimatur of the politicians of the past he said only a couple of months ago were incapable of effecting change.

    I don't give a hoot about nostalgia or likeability or any of the other irrelevant hoopla or pap the media has rammed down our throats this campaign season. I've listened to what the candidates have said and promised, I've sifted substance from rhetoric, I've looked up their legislative records and pertinent history, and I've concluded that Hillary Clinton is the candidate I'll vote for.

    • Posted By: texjuanon @ 02/05/2008 10:25:06 AM

      Thank you for your thoughtful comment. I respect what you've said.
      As a progressive Democrat, I remain undecided . . . and so are my similarly progressive octogenarian parents, who have seen much of politics over their lifetimes. What a thrill it is for them (and me) to finally have the opportunity to choose between a woman and an African American man to become the Democratic Party's nominee for the presidency! But this makes it all the more important to avoid emotionalism and inflammatory rhetoric, and to focus on the evidence -- the biographies, political records, character, and positions of each. We need to learn more of the facts before we can make our informed, confident decisions. That being said, given what we know at this point, we are leaning towards Hillary Clinton, because we have ample reason to believe that she is entirely capable of doing the job and doing it well.

  • Posted By: Cates @ 02/05/2008 10:19:55 AM

    Conservatives are driven by irrational emotional and dogmatic instincts:
    As elucidated in a paper titled Political Conservatism as Motivated Social Cognition
    http://www.wam.umd.edu/~hannahk/bulletin.pdf

    Once in power conservatives are guided by the same irrational thought and grossly overestimate themselves and abilities.
    http://www.wam.umd.edu/~hannahk/bulletin.pdf

    ???. Enter GW Bush.

  • Posted By: goawaydubya @ 02/05/2008 10:16:42 AM

    I vote with my head. Look at what 2000 wrought when voters chose a candidate based on who they would rather have a beer with. Look how "great" that turned out!

  • Posted By: Len W @ 02/05/2008 10:08:53 AM

    Comment: I believe that too many people vote thier heart and not with thier head. I they looked at the facts and watched the politics they would see clearly. Most people only listen to POLLS and what they see on the talk shows, not the news. Most people are to busy to see that Obama who is Mr. Change, is backed by the one of the oldest polictical none change families in Washington. He also has the back stabbing, backing of Kerry, who failed to back his V.P. choice, in his time of need. Oprah also said "Hillary you run, I will support you. " People are not looking at the overall picture, and the young voters don't realize the impact thier choice will have on the country as a whole. If Obama wanted the respect of older and more loyal supporters he should have said to those people Thanks but no thanks. I am for change not, change to secure YOUR future. I lost alot of respect for Obama, after he started, walking with the old, and talking change. I have not made a final decision as of yet and am an independent. I believe in voting for the best person that can do the job. Secure Americas future and will be best for my childrens future. So I urge you all to look deep in your heart and then think of your family, your future and Americas future.....your thinking will lead to the right decision. Don't vote for someone based on the people who may have special meaning to you as they only ride the train of the popular, the will give them an edge in the end. Watch for these quotes from one of the people who are now a supporter of change I supported change and change lost, but if you vote for me now I wll keep the spirit of change alive. Or, I was there when the change came about and I will be there to see it through. Please vote your head not your heart and it will secure all of us a great future.

  • Posted By: mexed @ 02/05/2008 10:03:50 AM

    History clearly shows the heart wins over logic. How else could you get a Hitler who clearly demonstrated his insanity in his writings easily available to all? Yet, he caused great excitment and promise in desparate times. He promised everything, including clearing out the Jews. The heart does not always tell the truth even though love songs make it seem so. So, we make bad choices. Other examples? Castro, Chavez, Mao, Charlie Manson. At times I'd like to throw in with that list a few right wing talk show hosts. They are talented speakers and motivators but crazy as a loon. Yet, people believe them. No logic there.
    GO USA!!!

  • Posted By: cstavr1 @ 02/05/2008 9:58:30 AM

    I vote with both my head and my heart. It is impossible to separate the two. No matter how much you think you are making a totally logical choice there is always some emotion involved. It is an emotional thing to vote even when you are being logical. I am a backer of Obama as I think he is the first person in years who can bring people together to work as one. When someone can get former critics to come to their side like he can get Repulicans and other Democrats that person has gained a strong supporter as one who has come over from another side has usually done alot of soul searching and come to the conclusion that their new choice, Obama in this case, is the real answer to getting things done. That is my humble opinion.

  • Posted By: cstavr1 @ 02/05/2008 9:55:51 AM

    I vote with both my head and my heart. It is impossible to separate the two. No matter how much you think you are making a totally logical choice there is always some emotion involved. It is an emotional thing to vote even when you are being logical. I am a backer of Obama as I think he is the first person in years who can bring people together to work as one. When someone can get former critics to come to their side like he can get Repulicans and other Democrats that person has gained a strong supporter as one who has come over from another side has usually done alot of soul searching and come to the conclusion that their new choice, Obama in this case, is the real answer to getting things done. That is my humble opinion.

  • Posted By: reneechamley @ 02/05/2008 9:53:08 AM

    What about a President that can eep this enthusiasm for what our government is doing lonng after the election?
    How great would it be to have this kind of passion and dialogue about all sorts of issues that so many people care deeply about on going, not just through primaries or the GE.
    I believe Barack Obama is the President that not only will inspire Americans to get involved, but the only one that will allow the process to be transparent.
    If that is my heart rather than my head speaking, so be it. This country and the world could use more love!

  • Posted By: Len W @ 02/05/2008 9:47:00 AM

    I think those voting with there hearts, vote Obama, they have not paid attention to his campaign and how he has talk about change. If he is so much for change then why has he gone to one of the oldest and none change families in the Dem Party (Kennedy). He got the support of the people who are riding the train of popularity to remain in the spot light and possibly secure a future in politics. Even if Obama comes up short they win by simply stating we where for change, and we will continue our effort. They know how to play the game and are doing it now. Look at Kerry, his V.P. choice was running for the Office and he did not even support him. He ran decided he needed to secure his future as did the Kennedys. If you use your head you could have seen this. Your heart maybe in the right place, but your heart will be broken. So a word to the wise think before you vote. I can say the this has been an interesting process so far, but one that I am afraid to say is more about who you like and not who will best secure and lead our country. Vote your head not your heart and we will all be better off.

  • Posted By: 15R8 @ 02/05/2008 9:43:08 AM

    I vote with my head that is why I prefer a Clysdale to a showhorse. When the mud gets deep and the load is just one boxcar of hard work after another. I want a proven workhorse. That is why I choose Hillary .
    I want a president good for every family , not just good for the Kennedy family.
    I want .a president who a good answer to immergration, not a put them first at the DMV

  • Posted By: djescobar @ 02/05/2008 9:32:16 AM

    The only REAL change you are going to get is to vote for Ron Paul! If you want WAR and the never ending spending of YOUR tax dollars, then I'm sure the media has brainwashed you to pick one of the other canidates. WAKE UP PEOPLE!!! Stop settling for the lesser of two evils and vote for CHANGE! This isnt just my life, it's OURS!!!!!

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