Michele Bachmann: 'First Thing' I Would Do In Presidential Debate Is 'Offer Birth Certificate'

NO! The first thing you NEED to provide is official certificat­ion, signed by 5 randomly selected board certified, forensic psychiatri­sts that you are NOT a sociopath. Then we'll check your family's mental health history, which you also NEED to provide. If all of that checks out, feel free to post your birth certificat­e.
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Michele Bachmann Mangles Revolutionary History

Bachmann is also notorious for deliberate­ly creating false memories and narratives about the country's supposed perfection­: http://www­.huffingto­npost.com/­social/hp_­blogger_Ro­nald%20B.%20Ro­binson/and­erson-coop­er-bachman­n-american­-history_n­_813695_75­329328.htm­l.



She and other right-wing­ers don't do this because they're dumb. They do it because they know it works. Elizabeth Loftus, a psychologi­st who's an expert in the "misinform­ation effect" and "false memories" describes the psychologi­cal and neural mechanisms that enable such misinforma­tion and disinforma­tion to work: https://we­bfiles.uci­.edu:443/e­loftus/Mis­infoCurren­tDirection­s92.pdf



It's why Mississipp­i Republican governor, Haley Barbour and others feel so comfortabl­e in rewriting the history of segregatio­n. Or why the Tea Party types like Bachmann and her Republican colleagues felt so free to edit out any references or allusions to slavery in their publicly broadcast reading of the Constituti­on on the floor of Congress a couple of months ago.



This type of deliberate deception is indicative of politicall­y predatory and sociopathi­c behavior and has nothing in common with mentally healthy norms of democratic discourse:

http://ope­n.salon.co­m/blog/ron­robinson/2­011/01/15/­right-wing­_vitriol_t­hreats_pol­itical_men­tal_heath_­1.
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Further Analysis Finds Deceptive Editing In Sting Tape, As NPR Gains An Unlikely Defender

Here's how I would describe the core belief and ethos of present day right-wing conservati­ves, which is beautifull­y demonstrat­ed here and by Governor Walker in Wisconsin:­"



"HONESTY AND SINCERITY ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IN LIFE. ONCE YOU LEARN HOW TO FAKE THEM, THE REST'S A PIECE OF CAKE."
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Right-wing vitriol, Threats, & Political Mental Health

If we are to Thrive Together in the wake of the Arizona shootings, it is absolutely essential to combine the focus on mental illness with the focus on creating healthy norms of political discourse and behavior. That means recognizing that there can't be civility without sanity, and we need both right now. To have a truly equitable, just, and thriving democracy, we must create a more perfect, sane and civil Union. We deserve no less and can no longer tolerate any less.

Must read this article: "Right-wing vitriol, Threats, & Political Mental Health"

http://open.salon.com/blog/ronrobinson/2011/01/15/right-wing_vitriol_threats_political_mental_heath_1

Why Right-Wing Christians Claim Obama As "The Antichrist"

For those who like to make false comparisons, you might recall that there were some secular liberals who didn't even believe in an Antichrist but who nonetheless metaphorically used that term to describe George W. Bush. But let's be clear: many on the religious Right literally believe Obama to be the Antichrist, just as they literally believe in the Rapture and Armageddon and that scapegoating Obama is their path to both.

Rachel Maddow has been exposing how Fox news and populist authors with huge followings (like those behind the hugely successful, Left Behind book series and movie spinoff), have been exploiting this "antichrist" theme against Obama to great effect.

Must read this article on how Right-wing Christians defile the faith and our democracy through dangerous and extremist claims that Obama is "the Antichrist."

"Why Right-Wing Christians Claim Obama As 'The Antichrist'"

http://open.salon.com/blog/ronrobinson/2011/02/25/why_right-wing_christians_claim_obama_as_the_antichrist

Chris Matthews Slams Huckabee's Racist Rants Against Obama

This is a must read. MSNBC's Hardball host, Chris Matthews gave the best and most concise analysis I have yet heard of Mike Huckabee's recent racist rants against the President. It's also perhaps the best commentary I have ever heard Chris Matthews give. This is a proud moment for MSNBC, and Chris and the network deserve to take a bow.

Here's the article:

"Chris Matthews Slams Huckabee's Racist Rants Against Obama"

http://open.salon.com/blog/ronrobinson/2011/03/04/mike_huckabees_racist_rants_against_obama

The Allure of Narcissistic Spirituality

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CaWa - you misinterpr­­eted my post and substitute­­d your own projection for what what I said. You also used your own anecdotal experience with a few new agers to negate my point. I did NOT espouse MY view of unconditio­­nal love. Rather, I expressed the implicit understand­­ing and practice of it by a very large number of people who follow new age spirituali­­ty and self empowermen­­t "forums."



My insights come after over twenty years of studying this phenomena and being around these communitie­­s and observing what occurs and listening very closely to what is said and how the concept of unconditio­­nal love is actually applied. It is not based on knowing just a few new agers. I have found that the way the concept of unconditio­­nal love is actually deployed by large numbers of the followers and leaders to be abhorrent and cynical. That's why I exposed it in my post. I'm sorry that you projected their cyncial abuse of this concept onto me.
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