From a recent correspondence.

It's based on Al Gore's new book "The Attack On Reason" and Dr. Robert Altemeyer's must read on-line, non-fiction, book "The Authoritarians" that John Dean based his latest book, "Conservatives Without Conscience" on:

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Here are the pieces of the jig-saw puzzle:

1. One third of the electorate will always vote Authoritarian, that's a hard, fast, cardinal rule.
2  Two thirds of all people can't do what you and I do, which is think abstractly. Average IQ of the US, population, by definition, is 100 IQ points
3. Most people don't vote, turnout was 40% in 2006, 60% in 2004
4. People, in general, are too distracted to pay attention to matters directly concerning them
5. The Public Schools have been decimated, starting under Reagan, with Busch finishing the job, with an assist from the Evangelicals
6. The bulk of the monies raised for the General Election will be spent on 30 second negative attack ads in October 2008.
7. Nothing of substance will be discussed during this Election Cycle, it will all be trivial stories and sound bites
8. Corporate Media has *zero* obligation or responsibility to report the "news".
By law, and statute, the *only* responsibility they have is to generate profits for their shareholders
9. Corporate Media is driven by ratings which means they will tailor their content to the greatest number of people, which is the 2/3rds that can not think abstractly.

In narrative form, the story goes like this....

"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American Public."

It's a given that between 30-35% of all voters will by default vote for the most Authoritarian candidate, no matter who he is, (Evangelicals can make all the noise they want about Ghouliani, but on Election Day they will hold their noses and vote for him, this is why the Father Ted Haggard bust last year was more important and significant than the Mark Foley case), so to game the present system and get to a 50.0001% majority, of the popular vote, (Herr Busch won by 50.7% in 2004), you only need to focus on winning between around 15 to 20 + % of the popular vote.

Add into the mix our Electoral College system, and you don't even need to win the popular vote, which is why 'Battle Ground' States like FL and OH come into play, as they have in the last two Presidential Elections.

Most people, two thirds of them, by default, aren't capable of abstract thinking.

Amplify that weakness by teaching, say Creationism, in the schools, and you destroy among the populace what little remaining ability there is to think critically.

The 60%, at most, of eligible voters, that will vote in 2008, the two thirds of them that can not think critically will be most susceptible to the billion plus dollars of attack ads that will run on Corporate Media TV in October of 2008.

These ads will sway about 10 to 12% of these voters to vote Republican.

To make up the difference, cage a few votes in places like OH and FL, rig a few machines, and use some other under-handed tactics, and that puts you right over the top, again, just like it did in 2004.

Howard Dean's 50 State Strategy is awesome, but Corporate Media has a much bigger mega-phone than any grassroots, on the ground, organization can hope to have.

How many TV satellites does  Rupert Murdoch's Fox News have at its disposal?

How many does the Democratic National Committee?

The bulk of the 2008 Multi-Billion War Chest is going to be spent on Attack Ads On TV in October of 2008 and it's going to drown out a *lot* of Dean's work.

Grim enough for you?

This is the strategy Karl Rove has been using...

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~Nyc Alberts, Digital Components
I'd Rather Be A Matin' Than A Hatin'