Some of the People at CNN Have Lost Their Minds

[erpowers]

I imagine some of the people at DU will not believe a question asked by one of the anchors at CNN. A few minutes ago one of the anchors at CNN previewed an upcoming segment by making this comment, "The party of Lincoln is quickly becoming the party of women. Do the Democrats need to catch up?" Upon hearing that comment I said out loud "Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me?"

I was really shocked and upset that this anchor would ask such a stupid question. The majority of the women in Congress are Democrats. It was the Democratic Party that had the first ever female Speaker of the House. The Democratic Party has for years been a big party for women. It was the Democratic Party that had the first female to ever run for the Vice President job. That was more than 20 years ago. By the time the Repbulican Party had its first female run as a Vice Presidential candidate the Democratic Party had already had two women who had attempted to run for President.

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. And you remember all that?

No, not going for the snark... they count on MOST if not ALL of their viewers not knowing that... or rather that they have forgotten that. Or were too young to see it.

[scrubthedata]

2. What party did Shirley Chisholm run for? nt

[MrScorpio]

3. I thought that this was interesting:

Chapter Seven, for example, provides a good discussion of blind spot #6: trapped by categories. First an example from Ellen Langer's book Mindfulness provides a way into the discussion. "Imagine that a wealthy man who is part of a scavenger hunt rings your doorbell in the middle of the night. He asks if you have the final item on his list, a piece of wood that measures about three-by-seven feet." He says he will pay you $10,000 for it. You think what could I find that would meet those criteria? Most of us wouldn't realize that we were standing right next to the needed item: the door. Too often we are "trapped by categories" and so fail to see new and unique ways of using things. As Van Hecke argues "classification flattens our perception of individuals" as well as of things and can lead to a diminished understanding and appreciation of the world around us.

http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=3827&cn=396