I try to stay away from these napalm-spewing threads on politics because no-one actually discusses anything. Instead, they are mostly a conduit for the misinformed to dispense misinformation back and forth at light speed to exponentially expand the largest voting block in America: Misinformed people with the right to mark a ballot.
Half of the registered voters are below average intelligence and no other special interest group in the nation has that kind of influence. Effectively courting the stupid is an important part of any political campaign.
Now, you'd think this would be easy since the target voter isn't very bright, but it's harder and more sophisticated than one might imagine. First, random distribution implies that half of all the people attending a rally are stupid. How does the politician appeal to them and still appeal to the other half who possess above-average intelligence and a have a particular issue of importance?
Obviously, that was a trick question because it isn't necessary to appeal to anyone at a rally. Both stupid and above average attendees are already supporters so the candidate only needs to be propped up on stage like a washed-up rock band from the 1970's. Just play the same old songs (or say the same old things) at the right time and the fans will cheer and tell all their friends how lucky they were to see them in person. There was a 'connection.'
You wouldn't go see a band in concert unless you were a fan, or were trying to get into the panties of your date. If you were already a fan, you likely came away saying, "The band was, like, you know, so good and, like, they really rocked... dude." And if you did get into those panties after the concert, you became a 'hardcore' fan.
The only thing the candidate needs to do is have 1 or 2 fresh sounds bites for the 6 p.m. news handed to him on a 3 x 5 card before the opening act finishes. These sound bites should always appeal to the stupid so the sound bite contains loud whooping and hollering.
Now, I need to bring up an important aspect about the female vote. Some will argue that the female demographic group is larger than the stupid demographic group. Well, an interesting dynamic comes into effect when considering trending the female vote. Half are in the stupid group to start with and a major factor for both stupid and non-stupid women is the 'would I do him... or the other guy' question. Look back at the winners and losers since the televised campaigns and you can easily see the pattern. The winner didn't have to a hunk, he just had to be more 'doable' than the opponent. Since presidential candidates continue to be men, only a small percentage of men (except for San Francisco area residents and La-7 pilots) use this as part of their decision-making process.
The most powerful method to recruit the stupid is to establish a core group of internet losers with no life... and government employees. I know that seemed a little redundant, but government employees are key players since they are well positioned and experienced at disseminating nonsense in mass quantities, comfortable at doing simple, repetitive and mundane tasks, yet remarkably believe that they are doing something of high importance.
Some government employee clusters areas have almost 90% concentration of stupid demographics. State driver licensing departments have been observed with almost 100% saturation.
Current trends indicate an almost 50-50 split (liberal vs. conservative) in stupid government employees. In years past, most were liberal, but this has changed since approximately 72.8% of all people in the U.S. are now employed as Homeland Security airport screeners.
Interestingly, some government employees who are sucking taxpayers dry spend enormous amounts of time sitting their huge taxpayer-fed rear on a stressed out, taxpayer-paid chair at their taxpayer-paid desk, using a taxpayer-paid computer during their taxpayer-paid day to post thousands of messages to internet bulletin boards railing on and on about other 'socialist' countries.
These types are prime candidates to exploit as misinformation specialists. They can relentlessly spam bulletin boards for, or against, a candidate at no cost to the candidate. They are referred to as SZZ's (Stupid Zombie Zealots) and are an instrumental part of modern campaigns.
End of Part I
