Study: Fear shapes voters' views - CNN

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http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/07/30/campaign.fear.reut/index.html

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- President George W. Bush may be tapping into solid human psychology when he invokes the September 11 attacks while campaigning for the next election, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.

"There are people all over who are claiming every time Bush is in trouble he generates fear by declaring an imminent threat," said Sheldon Solomon of Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York, who worked on the study.

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Jeff Greenberg, a professor of psychology at the University of Arizona in Tucson, said generating fear was a common tactic.

When asked to think about television, the 100 or so volunteers did not approve of Bush or his policies in Iraq. But when asked to think about Sept. 11 first and then asked about their attitudes to Bush, another 100 volunteers had very different reactions.
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Bush and his regime is pretty good in manipulating people into believing that if Kerry gets elected, we'll have more terrorism.

So, watch out for more terror alerts before November. They want us really scared and afraid so we all vote for those incompetent assholes.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. Time for a FEAR ITSELF FDR approach from the Dems

[Moderator]

2. Duplicate topic, please discuss here, thank

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=715646

[mom cat]

3. I saw this yesterday. Fear is powerful, but hope is more powerful.

I think that the convention proved that WE are the ones who know the most about the human spirit and overcoming fear. We have the stronger message.
Just keep up with the winning way :dem: