This is the beginning and like any good beginning it should accomplish two goals: acquiring readers with a clever "hook" and laying out a framework for what the author seeks to accomplish. This is true regardless of whether it is a book, a film, or in this case, a blog. If I have not sufficiently accomplished the first goal I hope you will bear with me as I take a stab at the second.
As a researcher of political behavior I am always astounded with the vast amounts of misinformation, name-calling, rhetoric, and bold faced lies that convolute our political system and increase the difficulty involved in selecting the candidate who will receive our coveted votes. I have created this blog not only to post facts concerning politicians and the policies that they plan to enact, but also to document and explain the strategies they are using and why they work. My intention is that this information can then be used to inoculate ourselves from the forked tounges of wiley persuaders and make our stand in the election booth armed and ready.
In the course of this project I hope to correspond with many of you as I know I can learn as much from you and you can learn from me. I will be posting links to others that are far wiser than myself, and in the future I will begin posting original research I have conducted on politics as they relate. I will end with a brief quote from former mayor of New York Rudy Guiliani: "Begin with the end in mind". Indeed.
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