Thursday I had fun interviewing authors Donald C. Baumer and Howard J. Gold. They were on Car Concerns with me today. I interviewed them about their book, Parties, Polarization and Democracy in the United States.

Harry Truman used to say there was nothing new in the world. There’s only all the history you don’t know. These guys’ book will make sure you know your American political history. We also talked about what’s likely to happen if Tea Party candidates get elected to Congress.

You can listen at the following link of the show archives. Go to hour 2 for Feb 18, 2010.

http://www.lifestyletalkradio.com/weekday_hosts/archives/carc.shtml

Last week I talked about a common belief in some segments of American society. The belief is "poor people are poor because they choose to be." While we readily agree this may be true in some cases, what "The Blind Side" clearly shows us is this is not true in all cases. And, as almost always happens with this kind of flawed logic, if you begin with a flawed premise, then you will get a flawed conclusion.

"Poor people are poor because they choose to be" leads to another thought for use in politics. Poor people refuse to work, (the thought goes) but they can be organized to vote for politicians who promise poor people money for doing nothing. According to conservatives, if a conservative candidate loses an election, the reason for the loss is the fact that all those lazy, good for nothing poor people were promised lots of money for doing nothing by voting against the conservative candidate. And where is that money going to come from? According to conservatives, that money will come from hard working middle class Americans.

So, the conservative message is intended to appeal to those who have been psychologically programmed to believe  . . .

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