[Uncle Chip]

Frankly, this administration seems to be all avid students of the premise put forth in the bestseller, THE SECRET, where BELIEF in something makes it TRUE. They feel that if they say enough times that 'birfers' are nuts, that then that will happen, because EVERYBODY will believe them ....

There is a clinical term for such ideation. It is called, magical thinking AND it is considered very unhealthy, a sign of psychological derangement.

Very astute observation --

[hennie pennie]

You know, I've been surprised that I've not seen any commentary about this anywhere, as it seems so obvious to me.

It's one of the reasons that I do NOT despise Michelle Obama, but I cannot stand Oprah Winfrey --- Oprah believes all that b.s. that her billionaire authors spout on her show; Oprah hasn't ever settled her own "issues" so doesn't notice that all this pop psych crap she's mainstreamed into America doesn't WORK.

Michelle's too street smart, too real, to EVER believe that "Thinking makes it so."

The rest of the administration, sans Hillary, ALL of them seem to believe that BELIEF creates reality, that EVERYTHING is perception.

Michelle is probably the only one of these insufferable Beltway Elites who has has day-to-day regular contact with regular Americans for most of her life.

NO wonder she doesn't "fit in" ---- and that's a compliment on her, LOLOL --- who'd want to ever FIT it to D.C.?????