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Old 09-10-2008, 02:44 PM   #1
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Sarah Palin

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Have I missed anything?

FFS people, the sizzle to steak ratio is off the freakin scale!! What's the difference between a pitbull with lipstick and a smokescreen? -- Nothing.

There is an enormous campaign underway right now to persuade people to act and this campaign has two main sides in opposition. The desired action is to help elect the President and Vice President. Each side of this spectacle is striving mightily to **PERSUADE** the people. These attempts to persuade use these methods (positive and negative):

Logos -- relying upon reasoning and logical consistency of the argument.

Ethos -- relying upon the credibility of the speaker.

Pathos -- relying upon the emotional response of the listener.

These are all used, sometimes together, and each of use (save Spock) responds to all methods, but not equally. I tend to be persuaded most effectively by the logos method. But that is my inclination, not an absolute limitation. I see all kinds of messages being delivered in this season. I get most frustrated when I see misrepresentation, inconsistency, and illogic.

I would rate the current message from Governor Palin this way:

Logos--zero. There has been *no* communication from her, save her introductory speech, from which any analysis of her thoughts can be made. Every day she remains mute she loses credibility (ethos) with me; she's already at zero for content.

Ethos--four. I believe her words and actions, her record, shows some consistency, but she's taken a severe blow to her credibility when I compare her (few) statements to (what I've been able to discern at this point as) the facts.

Pathos--nine. She's a strongly empathetic and charismatic figure. I give her high marks for the power of her message, but not for its effectiveness at persuading me. I hear the potent zingers in her speeches, but because of the low ethos and lower logos weights she carries with me, the zing has no sting.

Frankly I'm sick of hearing so much nothing about her.
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Old 09-10-2008, 02:46 PM   #2
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I like your paraphrase of the media coverage.

Does the GOP expect to carry "nothing" to the White House?
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Old 09-10-2008, 02:48 PM   #3
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They haven't put the chip in her neck yet.
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Old 09-10-2008, 02:56 PM   #4
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Logos 15%
Ethos 20%
Pathos 75%

That's roughly about the weight people give each one when making decisions.

The long wait before she goes in front of the press is totally calculated political strategy.
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Old 09-10-2008, 02:56 PM   #5
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Cite?

Not that I disagree.
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There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there
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expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever
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Old 09-10-2008, 03:02 PM   #6
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Instead of a cite, I point to... television commercials.

That's what they appeal to, to general audiences.
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Old 09-10-2008, 03:03 PM   #7
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Gotcha.

Idiocracy.
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There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there
it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your
expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever
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Old 09-10-2008, 03:05 PM   #8
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Logos 15%
Ethos 20%
Pathos 75%

That's roughly about the weight people give each one when making decisions.

The long wait before she goes in front of the press is totally calculated political strategy.
I think your rankings are correct too, but I would be willing to have more conversation about the actual values.

If by "totally calculated political strategy" you mean a "craven pandering attempt at misdirection by bulking up on pathos due to a shameful deficiency of logos", then I would be inclined to agree with you.
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Old 09-10-2008, 03:06 PM   #9
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I love snarky if-then statements.
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There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there
it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your
expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever
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Old 09-10-2008, 03:08 PM   #10
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Fuck, this whole thread is making me sad.

I have resisted seeing Idiocracy. I'm afraid the people around me laughing at its comedy won't understand my crying at its tragedy.

This is no goddamned way to run a railroad.
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Old 09-10-2008, 05:59 PM   #11
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Logos 15%
Ethos 20%
Pathos 75%
That's 110%...
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Old 09-10-2008, 06:05 PM   #12
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Old 09-10-2008, 11:08 PM   #13
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Sarah Palin.

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You've been reading too many of tw's posts
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Old 09-11-2008, 10:51 AM   #14
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Sarah Palin action figure.
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Old 09-11-2008, 03:16 PM   #15
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Republican Party provides funds to the Democrats via Heart's "Barracuda"

Palin and her people continue to use the song despite Heart's displeasure.

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...the song’s co-writer, Roger Fisher (who dated Nancy back in the day), has come up with an ingenious plan to cope with the problem. Fisher is a strong supporter of the Democrats, and has decided to donate some of the royalties from “Barracuda” to Barack Obama. "With my contribution to Obama's campaign, the Republicans are now supporting Obama," he said.
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