Head vs Heart: "Gut rationality" is how most voters determine how to cast their votes.

Seeded on Tue Feb 5, 2008 12:36 AM EST (Newsweek)

'"More important than what people think is how they feel," says Luntz, a view expressed by almost every expert NEWSWEEK interviewed. That doesn't mean voters don't care about Obama's war vote or McCain's support for the Iraqi surge.

politics, voting, psychology

Hilary Clinton's Foreign Policy - More Hawkish Than I Thought!

Seeded on Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:32 PM EST (Foreign Policy In Focus | Home)

"...her claim that invading Iraq constituted a legitimate act of self-defense is particularly disturbing.

politics

Victim: Gang-Rape Cover-Up by U.S., Halliburton/KBR

Seeded on Mon Dec 10, 2007 1:04 PM EST (ABC News)

This is atrocious. The fact that rapists can hide behind the shield of the Halliburton cabal is an indictment of the power that we've allowed them to accumulate. Everything they do, it seems, is above the law either in theory or practice.

politics

Dana Perino: "I panicked a bit because I don't really know about the Cuban Missile Crisis... it had to do with Cuba and missiles, I'm pretty sure."

Seeded on Mon Dec 10, 2007 10:56 AM EST (The Washington Post)

Dana Perino, White House Press Secretary, shows a lack of knowledge of the most significant nuclear event in our national history. It is crucial that we remember the past so that we don't end up repeating it...

politics