Re: Endorsements

Auric Hellman <adhellman1@gmail.com> writes:

Seriously, is there any voters out there who actually base their
decision on whom they will vote for on someone's endorsement? Sure,
there will always be a few nitwits, but are there that many?

'A' endorses 'B'.  Ho hum.

Except if A is is the object of fanatic fandom, of religious fervor,
for millions of people.  "What would Jesus do?"  "Pray without
ceasing."  "Only believe."  Whatever the cognitive mechanism is that
makes some people live constantly in that submissive context can be
stripped down and reconfigured to elevate A to messianic status
without ever using that word or other theological terminology.

Then A's endorsement is an ex cathedra pronouncement.

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Mike Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada