[Dialogue] Obama/Wright - demythologize and frame of reference

[W. J.]

Wayne, you're Wright on target.And I believe Wright has been used by the media--given his 15 minutes of infamy--to tarnish Obama. That plus the associations with 'Muslim', 'madrassa,' 'elitist,' 'bitter,' 'Farrakhan,' 'Hussein,' etc. have tainted Obama no matter what the 'truth' and no matter the denials. These images will persist in public consciousness like the association of 'Clinton' and 'Monica.'
  Marshall

Wayne Nelson <wnelson at ica-associates.ca> wrote:
  
Elections shifted – long ago – and around the world - from functioning at the “interpretive level” to primarily operating on the “reflective level.”  They are more about feelings, images, associations and connections – no matter their validity – than they are about substance, policies, and direction. The politicians operate in the same way major advertising does. Driving X car is not going to get you that svelte woman sitting on the hood, but the image and connection has been made.


If Obama’s opposition – in the Democratic party and far beyond – can tar him with a “tainted” brush, some will regard that paint - the connections, however spurious, as real. He can denounce Wright all he likes, but I suspect the connection has been made in the minds of those who do not think beyond the reflective level.

Wayne



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