Posted on 10/12/2012 8:25:27 AM PDT by Justaham
He was putting on an ostentatious display of challenge politics -- personal challenge, i.e. disrespect and ridicule, directed at his opponent. "Yeah, I'm laughing at you, punk! You want this job? You're a joke!"
Old-school political brawling. Works for some people.
From your lips to God's ears, FRiend.
I understand what he (Biden) was trying to do. But at the same time he revealed that he doesn’t really care in his heart about these issues. Like most of these left-wing blowhards, he’s in it for himself. They’re more after power, fame and, often, great wealth.
Much worse to come .... when the People find out what the fuzzies did to the dying ambassador and his aides, and then did to their corpses afterward.
I'm just real tired of reading about that kind of crap. I think more fuzzy political rallies and hate-a-thons ought to be interrupted by searing flashes of light.
“Very interesting ... never heard of it!”
This Google Search will let you check out over 20,000 references to Illusory Superiority.
http://search.comcast.net/?cat=web&con=betac&q=Illusory+Superiority
I just checked out the wikipedia article on Illusory superiority. I believe I have known this as “superiority bias”. Thanks for recalling it to mind. Funny thing is that after the VP debate, I answered a friend’s question about voters’ tendencies using this very principle... but didn’t know what it is now called.
“...interrupted by searing flashes of light. ...”
In a better day, with Americans in charge, my friend...
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