Archive for October, 2008

Election By Emotion Part 9

It is true that neither of the present candidates will appeal to hate and prejudice, or address himself wholly to the emotions of the voters, or consciously take advantage of the subconscious currents that are running in his favor

Election By Emotion Part 8

To the men in this election campaign, two potent emotional appeals are being made by the managers, and the key-words in the incantation are “prosperity” and “efficiency.” Since the days of the first Puritans, “prosperity” has been a sacred word in the American tradition

Election By Emotion Part 7

It is among the women, then, that the whispering campaign will be most successful, and now that women vote we must expect whispering campaigns to become increasingly important in electioneering.

Election By Emotion Part 6

And there is another aspect of the government-as-Dad theory which affects the emotional currents of the present campaign. The ruler of a country becomes confused with the father-image in the subconscious mind.

Election By Emotion Part 5

IN the typical American community, the Jew, the Irish-Catholic and the foreigner are very much in the minority. They are not received on terms of social equality by the governing majority.

Election By Emotion Part 4

In the present election campaign, all the Puritan American’s self-hate is being projected upon the Democratic candidate. And inevitably so.

Election By Emotion Part 3

ALL emotional appeals, whether in wars or elections, are appeals to instinctive impulses. There is no such thing as an emotion arising in the conscious intellect.

Election By Emotion Part 2

WHEN the late world war was first threatening Europe, the socialists predicted confidently that it would be stopped, before it began, by the refusal of the workingmen of France and Germany to kill one another in a quarrel between their employers. And when the French and German workingmen rushed to arms without a moment’s consideration [...]

Election By Emotion Part 1

A MAN is not elected by his friends but by his opponent’s enemies. That is an axiom of American politics.

The Recent Market – Bull or Bear Part 3

Those who would “talk down” the bull market when the more obvious part of the record is against them have eagerly seized upon the figures of stocks which have declined and of stocks which have gone up. They contend that in reality we have been having a bear market.
On the other hand, they neglect to [...]