>> Appealing to the gut not the mind <<
Yes, by all means, let’s not be taken in by reason and logical thinking. They are only playthings for ivory tower denizens like Tom Sowell and his fellow GOPe shills, especially self-important pundits like Walter Williams and Milton Friedman, men who claim to have figured out how our economy should function — that is, by using free markets and all such stuff.
As a matter of fact, other than showing us how to (a) generate electricity, (b) master manned flight, (c) split the atom, (d) win WW2, (e) develop the Internet, (f) decode the genome and (g) send men to the Moon, I can’t think of much that reason and logical thinking have ever contributed to the USA. The “gut” is clearly a much better guide for our political leaders.
Effective people use both.