I have been meaning to talk about this article by Luc Menand in the New Yorker for a couple of weeks. Menand might just be the most brilliant guy out there, though sometimes I get the impression "too clever by half" was just sitting around gathering dust until he came around. I will try to weigh in with more than this snarky comment in a couple of days.
Meanwhile, Digby beat me to the commentary here.
Menand covers the question of how people choose whom to vote for, while Digby uses that information to argue that Democrats must be able to match the Republicans in appealing to emotions rather than reason. Because that is what wins elections, whether we like it or not.
Lewis Lapham has a piece in the September issue of Harpers Magazine on the history since the 1960s of the growth of the Republican propaganda machine. The article is available through our library's electronic journals. He pieces together some of the often hidden links between think tanks, magazines, and the $$$$ that bankrolls it. For those of you who think all political opinion is propaganda, it is worth checking out not just what people say but how they are able to disseminate their opinions and influence policy.
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