The Roots of Fear

ExCELLENT hseely, you are absolutely right. You have just described the foundation of the KARL ROVE/BUSH DOCTRINE. THEY USED 9\11 as an excuse to lead us into the greatest catastrophe of this century so FAR. IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. LOOK AT THE MESS WE HAVE MADE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THOSE PEOPLE HATE US and we have killed Hundreds of thousands. WORST OF ALL WE SENT OUR YOUNG TO DIE FOR WHAT SO IRAQ CAN HAVE A CORRUPT REGIME UNDER THE NAME OF DEMOCRACY. LOOK AT AFGHANISTAN. THe GOVERNMENT THERE IS SO CORRUPT and so inefficient that we are now in a greater mess than we were before. IT IS JUST ALL WRONG. YOUNG AMERICANS ARE DYING SO HALLIBURTON COULD PROSPER AND MAKE BILLIONS. CHENEY ROVE RUMSFIELD; THESE GUYS ARE SO EVIL AND SO TWISTED; USING BIBLE QUOTES in the name of war. THE CLOSEST THING TO NAZI'S a NAzi regime we have ever seen.

There is another aspect to playing on the fears of voters. Fear, like many other emotions, can become addictive, and when everything is going well there are some that have to create fear to feed the addiction. Where's the next pandemic? When is the next terrorist strike? Is our food safe, etc.

DEMOCRATS need to understand this about people. YOU HAVE TO KEEP THEM STUPID LIKE BUSH DID. IF PEOPLE ACTUALLY FIND OUT WHAT LEGISLATION IS ALL ABOUT AND HOW THINGS REALLY WORK IN WASHINTON THE DEMOCRATS CAN KISS THEIR MAJORITY GOOD BYE. BOTH REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS ARE CONTROLLED BY THE SPECIAL INTEREsT. THIS IS WHY OBAMA IS HAVING PROBLEMS. THE PROBLEMS STARTED WHEN HIS OWN PARTY STARTED QUESTONING THE HEaLTH CARE BILL. THAT"S WHAT MADE PEOPLE LOSE CONFIdENCE IN THE PLAN. SEEING DEMOCRATS DISAGREEING WITH THEIR PRESIDENT, EVEN MADE ME QUESTION THE BILL. OBAMA CANNOT COMPROMISE, HE CANNOT GIVE INTO THE SPECIAL INTEREST IN HIS OWN PARTY THE BLUE DOGS. HE HAS TO UNDERSTAND THAT GOVERNING FROM THE CENTER IS TRICKY. HE IS THE PRESIDNET AND SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO BE A FORCE IN YOUR PARTY. AFTER 9\11 NO ONE DARE GO AGAINST BUSH EVEN HILLARY VOTED FOR THE WAR OUT OF FEAR. NO ONE IS SCARED OF OBAMA AND HE LOOKS LIKE A SCHOOL TEACHER TALKING TO A BUNCH OF CHILDREN AT THESE TOWN HALLS> THESE TOWN HALLS NEED TO BE MOVED TO UNIVERSITIES. AND YOUNG PEOPLE NEED TO BE INVOLVED MORE. I ACTUALLY LIKE BUSH BECAUSE HE UNDERSTANDS HIS KIND HE KNOWS PEOPLE ARE STUPID AND THAT"S THE WAY TO KEEP UM. FOX NEWS DEPENDS ON STUPID PEOPLE. WHO ELSE WOULD BELIEVE in SEAN HANNITY. HANNITY ACTUALLY THINKS THAT HE IS INTELLIGENT AND THAT HIS VIEWS ARE WHAT IS BEST FOR AMERICA. WHAT A TURD. STUPID PEOPLE MAKE HIM FEEL INTELLIGENT AND KEEP HIM ON THE AIR.

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Fear is just a feeling experienced by all sane and normal human beings and animals. This feeling of fear is one of the control mechanisms for our survival, it may sound silly but ironically fear is related to the unknown which has not happen yet. Thus the fear of the possibility of world war 3 where nobody is going to win. will ensure that all normal and sane people will avoide it (WW3) by all means possible. So please do not vote insane and abnormal human being to power, because thay have no fear.

Our greatest fear should be electing another functional moron to office like in 1980, 1984, 2000, and 2004 or another internationally inexperienced politician as in 1964, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004. See a trend?

Quite possibly, our greatest fear should be electing functional morons to office as in 1980, 1984, 2000, and 2004 or internationally inexperienced people as in 1964, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004. See a trend?

There's a difference here, glock. When Bill Clinton ran, he HAD extensive experience and was the most senior governor at that time. Barack doesn't have any experience to really be proud of. The fact that every observer acknowledges that Obama is the most underqualified person to seek the nomination since World War II speaks volumes. He had no accomplishments as a US Senator. No accomplishments as a State legislator. And very little experience. No battle scars. He is all fluff and glamour and rhetoric and no substance.

Seems like this is just more piling on of the MEDIA sensationalist fearmongering! Taking Obama's acknowledgment of reality, to illustrate he's not an ignorant idealist, out of context to try to frame him as just as fearmongering as those other typical politicians "experienced" in manipulating fear... Maybe Newsweek is afraid of having a president who does things differently, forcing them and other media to think about and cover issues instead of joining in the fear hype for attention and ratings and advertising bucks. Try giving fair coverage to the issues and to all fo the candidates. I know it goes against the grain.

Interesting stuff, predicated on a thin pretext though. I'm gonna need more convincing that Obama is a fear monger like Mr 'Axis of Evil'. I'm sure he could be. What I don't understand is the authors' and others' low opinion for other Americans, and high opinion of manipulation. " Obama's promises about universal health coverage will therefore gain traction only if he deftly invokes voters' fears about not having or losing coverage ". Dammit is that an obvious statement or what, but hold up, don't those people who care already worry about coverage loss? surely the question those people are wondering is who is going to do something ?

Never there was a politician who didn't love fear and use it in his campaign to make things better for himself, and never was a people who did not do the wrong thing because of a fear instilled in them by that politician. Look at Obama's comments about how we have to get rid of fear and then he finishes up with 30-40,000 jihadists out there all looking to kill us in general and you in particular. Before 9/11 the number was 2-3,000 but that wasn't big enough for any of today's politicians; in fact George Bush made it 20-30,000,000 because he really needed a lot to cover up his incompetence and the failures of his administration.

Unfortunately the people never question the sources of the fear their leaders promulgate and the result is election campaigns fueled by fear and fear feeding upon itself with each speech utterd by a candidate. The United States does not need to live in fear, we are the only superpower in the world. We do not need to cringe before a few thousand fanatics; we do not need to spend two trillion dollars fighting these few thousand, we do not need to trample on our rights to secure our nights, we do not need to teach our children hatred for large groups of others who think differently from us. We do not need to, but our politicians do need to, and as long as we let them lead us around by creating and exploiting our unnecessary fears we are going to get the like of what we have today.

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Actually, the dems use fear tactics much more than anyone. Most dem candidates attempt to instill fear of health insuance availability, global warming and "the conservative conspiracy". Most anyone willing to work has access to health insurance with much of the costs subsidized by their employer. There is no evidence that industrialization has any effect on global warming. In fact there is no evidence that there is long-term climate change. Frankly, it was much warmer than this in the 30's. In medieval times it was so warm that England became a wine-producer because its climate was ideal fro growing grapes. Apparently, the :intellectuals haven't paid attention to their history books. And there is no conservative conspiracy, unless you consider rejecting propaganda from the liberal-biased media as a conspiracy. Incidentally, Kerry WAS a flip-flopper. You have no journalistic integrity.

Im not much on following politics but I went to school and I can also spot a liar from a mile away. It saddens me what we have condoned politics and politicians to become. From Bush and his family all the way down to your local representative, they are trained to say what the majority wants to hear just to get into office, then once in they move on with their agenda on a much more limited scope. If any of you think for one moment these people have your best interests as americans in mind you are fools. The type of people we need in office will never be there becuase they are not cut throat enough to take it, and for those of you who missed it, the presidency was taken 8 years ago. This article is a perfect example of what Im arguing. Use our fear to get our attention, then exploit it. Our country was founded by great men, brave men, and on the blood of those they sent forth. Nowadays we go to war for hearsay. Its no wonder most of the world dispises us. We are so wrapped up in steroids, and Britney spears we cant see through the trees. The presidency isnt a sport, but that is how we treat it. We should all be ashamed of what we have allowed this country to become. And you can blame yoursevles for that, not the president.

Im not much on following politics but I went to school and I can also spot a liar from a mile away. It saddens me what we have condoned politics and politicians to become. From Bush and his family all the way down to your local representative, they are trained to say what the majority wants to hear just to get into office, then once in they move on with their agenda on a much more limited scope. If any of you think for one moment these people have your best interests as americans in mind you are fools. The type of people we need in office will never be there becuase they are not cut throat enough to take it, and for those of you who missed it, the presidency was taken 8 years ago. This article is a perfect example of what Im arguing. Use our fear to get our attention, then exploit it. Our country was founded by great men, brave men, and on the blood of those they sent forth. Nowadays we go to war for hearsay. Its no wonder most of the world dispises us. We are so wrapped up in steroids, and Britney spears we cant see through the trees. The presidency isnt a sport, but that is how we treat it. We should all be ashamed of what we have allowed this country to become. And you can blame yoursevles for that, not the president.

Stop blaming Bush on eroding the Constitution and the Iraq war. He had a little help from Congress. Yes those Democrats and Republicans we love to hate. They had to vote to invade Iraq too you know. And before you say Bush "cited bad intelligence" he wasn't the only one who had the intelligence clearings to see what the CIA was saying. We need to stop the Bush bashing and realize that Bush and Congress are BOTH to blame for getting us where we are today. I want a candidate that brings back my rights, and stops big business in invading my privacy. We need to take a page from the EU. Big business over there is watched closely when it comes to privacy. Also, stop the global warming fear mongering too. Before we invest a dime into something make sure it works before you spend millions. For you environmentalists let us build some nuclear power plants and the windmills. I'd look at a big windmill every day if I knew the Middle East wasn't getting any money from me. We need to become energy independent. That should be one of the top priorities of the next president.