CNN: "Study: Fear shapes voters' views"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

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.

Talking about death can raise people's need for psychological security, the researchers report in studies to be published in the December issue of the journal Psychological Science and the September issue of the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

"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.

"We are saying this is psychologically useful," said Solomon.

[nostamj]

1. FEAR

part of the BushCo "Trifecta" of HATE, FEAR & IGNORANCE...

it is ALL they have to run on.

"From The Henhouse, This Is Fox News" | conventional TOONs

[barbaraann]

2. Laying the groundwork for stealing the election again.

Their formula: Terror alert + Diebold + Jeb Bush = Another Bush Presidency

But THIS TIME they aren't going to get away with it!

[Snoggera]

3. People are idiots

The human race is just a group of glorified ants that pay homage to the queen (wish I had that shwishy georgy boy pic handy).

[fearnobush]

4. "We are saying this is psychologically useful,"

So did Hitler.

[rman]

5. interesting, it's in the science & space section

imagine anyone would think this might have anything to do with politics.