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Only The Crazy Voted For Bush
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead a répondu le Wed 29 Nov, 2006 @ 7:43am |
 Coolness: 685680 | Are George W. Bush lovers certifiable?
A collective “I told you so” will ripple through the world of Bush-bashers once news of Christopher Lohse’s study gets out. Lohse, a social work master’s student at Southern Connecticut State University, says he has proven what many progressives have probably suspected for years: a direct link between mental illness and support for President Bush. Lohse says his study is no joke. The thesis draws on a survey of 69 psychiatric outpatients in three Connecticut locations during the 2004 presidential election. Lohse’s study, backed by SCSU Psychology professor Jaak Rakfeldt and statistician Misty Ginacola, found a correlation between the severity of a person’s psychosis and their preferences for president: The more psychotic the voter, the more likely they were to vote for Bush. But before you go thinking all your conservative friends are psychotic, listen to Lohse’s explanation. “Our study shows that psychotic patients prefer an authoritative leader,” Lohse says. “If your world is very mixed up, there’s something very comforting about someone telling you, ‘This is how it’s going to be.’” The study was an advocacy project of sorts, designed to register mentally ill voters and encourage them to go to the polls, Lohse explains. The Bush trend was revealed later on. The study used Modified General Assessment Functioning, or MGAF, a 100-point scale that measures the functioning of disabled patients. A second scale, developed by Rakfeldt, was also used. Knowledge of current issues, government and politics were assessed on a 12-item scale devised by the study authors. “Bush supporters had significantly less knowledge about current issues, government and politics than those who supported Kerry,” the study says. Lohse says the trend isn’t unique to Bush: A 1977 study by Frumkin & Ibrahim found psychiatric patients preferred Nixon over McGovern in the 1972 election. Rakfeldt says the study was legitimate, though not intended to show what it did. “Yes it was a legitimate study but these data were mined after the fact,” Rakfeldt says. “You can ask new questions of the data. I haven’t looked at” Lohse’s conclusions regarding Bush, Rakfeldt says. “That doesn’t make it illegitimate, it just wasn’t part of the original project.” For his part, Lohse is a self-described “Reagan revolution fanatic” but said that W. is just “beyond the pale.” |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Morphine a répondu le Wed 29 Nov, 2006 @ 9:03am |
 Coolness: 51060 | at least 51% of americans are psychotic? i'm not sure whether thats just crazy or crazy enough to be true.... |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform a répondu le Wed 29 Nov, 2006 @ 9:23am |
 Coolness: 339755 | IT'S JUST SO CRAZY....... IT JUST. MIGHT. WORK!
Nah, I think most americans know Bush is a retard (a little late, but still) which is why his ratings are in the gutter and showing no sign of getting better. I think american's real problem is short attention span and shot memory.. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» cvxn a répondu le Wed 29 Nov, 2006 @ 4:57pm |
| Coolness: 178735 | fioo, I'm not psychotic. Insane, but not psycho. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» basdini a répondu le Thu 30 Nov, 2006 @ 8:45am |
 Coolness: 145290 | i think the secret to bush's success and more broadly the republican party is that they speak to the basser side of americans' collective psyche (fear,anger etc.) They never ask people to think, and they deal in moral certitudes (we are good they are bad, us Vs them) |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» cvxn a répondu le Thu 30 Nov, 2006 @ 1:58pm |
| Coolness: 178735 | Yes. But anyone slightly intelligent could recognize what they are doing (basically, sensationalism) and tell them to fuck off... |
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