Why is this campaign so ahem, toxic?

[nadinbrzezinski]

My husband and I were talking about it, and we have noticed a pattern. We have different groups engaged in group think. Moreover, it does not matter what you show these fans of different candidates, their candidate is the greatest thing since sliced bread... and don't bother me with facts.

Well folks, we have a theory... the campaigns have perfected PSYCHOLOGICAL CAMPAIGNING and generating group think.

Some of us have not bee affected by it, because we are less susceptible to it. My personal theory is that those of us who have gone through basic have gone through those games. So we might be less susceptible, or our psychological makeup has left us in awe at how people can follow A candidate (insert it here... bush, Clinton, McCain or Obama... doesn't matter, they are appealing to slightly different groups) blindly, while the rest of us are left shaking our heads.

If we are right, there is a danger to this.... True Believers come to mind

So yes, I beseech all partisans to ask ... am I being manipulated? Not that I truly expect that to happen, but it would explain why you can present facts... such as Bosnia gate, or Wright (for fairness sake), and partisans will not even consider the information, or see it as relevant.

Now back to your previously scheduled party civil war.