New research indicates that refuting misinformation can serve to strengthen some people's belief in the refuted misinformation. It's called "the backfire effect" and it seems to effect conservatives more than others. Links-- Variablast's video entitled "A minor point on the debate": www.youtube.com "Washington Post" article on the "Backfire Effect": www.washingtonpost.com McCain supporter Gayle Quinnell calling saying Barack Obama is "an Arab" and, therefore, not to be trusted: www.youtube.com Information about "Obama bin Lyin'" signs being held up at McCain-Palin rallies: donklephant.com McCain-Palin supporters in Ohio opine, among other things, that Barack Obama is a terrorist: www.youtube.com www.youtube.com McCain-Palin supporter in Minnesota questions whether Barack Obama is an American citizen: www.youtube.com Material regarding legitimate questions about whether John McCain satisfies the Constitution's requirement that a president be a "natural born citizen" of the United States: www.nytimes.com www.snopes.com leahy.senate.gov Virginia Republican Party operatives push false talking points about Barack Obama: blogs.abcnews.com And check out this video documenting the politics of hate and disinformation being practiced by the McCain-Palin campaign and their surrogates with very troublesome results indeed: www.youtube.comAuthor: Profmth Mitch
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Powerful Misinformation ("The Backfire Effect")
Sign the petition: therealmccain.com We'd like to talk about the pressing issues facing our country: the woeful economy, rising unemployment, the housing crisis, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But we can't talk about them because John McCain and Sarah Palin have distracted us with the politics of hate and fear. Instead of discussing the real issues plaguing Americans, McCain and Palin have turned to fear-mongering and race-baiting, stoking the prejudices of their supporters. The situation has become so critical that we've teamed up with Color of Change to put an end to these dangerous mob scenes. Things have gotten so out of control that some conservatives have come forward to denounce McCain and Palin's hate-mongering. In an Op-Ed for The Baltimore Sun, Frank Schaeffer writes: "John McCain: If your campaign does not stop equating Sen. Barack Obama with terrorism, questioning his patriotism and portraying Mr. Obama as "not one of us," I accuse you of deliberately feeding the most unhinged elements of our society the red meat of hate, and therefore of potentially instigating violence." Don't let McCain and Palin undo the decades spent fighting for civil rights and equality in our country. Digg this video: digg.com
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Part 2 of 11 of the 10-7-2008 Presidential Debate between senator John McCain and senator Barack Obama. See part 3 here: www.youtube.com
Obama explains some things he doesn't understand about McCain's foreign policy positions. BROKAW: Sen. Obama, the economic constraints on the US military action around the world. OBAMA: Well, you know, Sen. McCain, in the last debate and today, again, suggested that I don't understand. It's true. There are some things I don't understand. I don't understand how we ended up invading a country that had nothing to do with 9/11, while Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda are setting up base camps and safe havens to train terrorists to attack us. That was Sen. McCain's judgment and it was the wrong judgment. When Sen. McCain was cheerleading the president to go into Iraq, he suggested it was going to be quick and easy, we'd be greeted as liberators. That was the wrong judgment, and it's been costly to us. So one of the difficulties with Iraq is that it has put an enormous strain, first of all, on our troops, obviously, and they have performed heroically and honorably and we owe them an extraordinary debt of gratitude. But it's also put an enormous strain on our budget. We've spent, so far, close to $700 billion and if we continue on the path that we're on, as Sen. McCain is suggesting, it's going to go well over $1 trillion. We're spending $10 billion a month in Iraq at a time when the Iraqis have a $79 billion surplus, $79 billion. And we need that $10 billion a month here in the United States to put people back to work, to do all these wonderful things that Sen. McCain suggested we <b>...</b>
Donna Brazile speaking about Barack Obama
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