You Think What?

Recently  Sean Hannity, the lesser half, dimwitted co-host of the Faux News program Hannity and Colmes, could not modify his behavior or exhibit self-control when a guest, author Robert Kuttner an expert on the economy, a senior fellow with Demos appeared on the September 10, 2008 edition of H&C.

Demos, the name sounds a lot like an abbreviation of Democrats,  according to their web site, “is a non-partisan public policy research and advocacy organization. Headquartered in New York City, Demos works with advocates and policymakers around the country in pursuit of four overarching goals: a more equitable economy; a vibrant and inclusive democracy; an empowered public sector that works for the common good; and responsible U.S. engagement in an interdependent world.”

When the guest, Kuttner, described the state of the U.S.  economy as “dire”, (more…)

Animation courtesy political cartoonist Mark Fiore

In a future post we’ll expand on the idea of the Ministry of De-Elitification.

Since this contest is about personality we’ve tried to determine the preferential personality qualities of good old Jack Mack  the Republican candidate better known as John McCain.

Here’s what we concluded after a recent YouThinkWhat brainstorming session: (more…)

One of our favorite contemporary late-night tv funnymen, David Letterman, asked the question:

“Is it just me, or does Sarah Palin look like a model for LensCrafters? “

We’ll let you decide, readers. (more…)

We said it before, perhaps not here, but we believe every election is the equivalent of a beauty pageant, and this year’s presidential election is no different.  The criteria used to select Beauty pageant winners are attractiveness, sometimes talent, sometimes intelligence and personality. In this election year the Republicans and their candidate Jack Mack have defined the race and made it clear by declaring, “This campaign is Not about issues. It’s about personalities.”

How ironic the party whose candidate appears to be woefully unarmed for this fight has chosen a weapon their guy does not have in his arsenal.

Our crack(ed) staff here at YouThinkWhat thinks (more…)

The ever creative staff of YouThinkWhat, noted for always finding new ways to think far beyond “the box” presents this oldie, but goodie musical tune dedicated to Alaska’s Governor Ms Sarah “The Terrah” Sister-Girlfriend-Thang. She’s truly a femi-Nazi. (more…)

We’ve had it with the latest non-controversy, this glaring example of unfair and unbalanced news reporting and opinion. This pathetic try by the Jack Mack minions to distract us is infuriating!
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Remarks and video response of Senator Barack Obama to the focus by the McCain camp on the contrived lipstick controversy. (more…)

Blanche Africa Reilly Dark has opinion about John McCain’s choice for vice presidential running mate Sarah Palin. As you may recall Blanche is the outspoken mother of our ace reporter Clark Dark. The opinions expressed here are not necessarily those of the management.

Senator John McCain what were you thinking when you selected Governor Sarah Palin as your choice for veep? Were you thinking at all?

Sure, it’s a real clever strategy to pick a female for the number two slot on the Republican ticket. It’s a decision that could have worked very well…. if you had chosen the right woman. (more…)

Henry Gandolph here to introduce MARDU.  Our newest contributor provides an interesting overview of the campaign season.

The year is 2008 not 1948. Political polling and perceptions cannot be assessed by the same parameters that they were even a decade ago, much less 6 decades ago.

The cultural changes that have occurred as a result of advanced technologies negate much conventional perceptions of how opinions are formed and expressed.

Political polling is conducted mostly by phone. Polling groups canvass only land lines, which gives a demographically distorted result, because younger people are much more likely to rely upon cell phones for communication. The pollsters query whoever answers the land line. This is usually an older adult household member. If a child answers the pollster will ask to speak to an adult. The pollster will attempt to determine whether the respondent is a registered, and/or likely voter. Other demographic information may or may not be sought.The consequence of these procedures is that the results are skewed towards older respondents.This may be the reason that current polls show the Presidential race to be closer than one might expect. I maintain that the only poll that matters is the one in which citizens cast their ballots for the candidates. (more…)