Middle Class Populist

Dr. Jeffrey Young created a form of Cognitive Therapy that utilizes a concept called “Schema”. This is in my opinion a sort of “VIRUS OF THE SOUL”. Now you may be asking what does this have to do with the political process we are facing today! Dr. Young lists about a dozen schemas but the one that is relevant to us today is the “Alienation/Social Isolation” Schema. Like a virus the “schema” hijacks aspects of the host. In this case the individual’s libido and mind to perpetuate the schema! Similar to what some other therapists termed “Behavioral Trans-generational Migration Patterns”.

My own Democratic Party “sometimes” becomes a festering ground for this Virus of the Soul in several ways:

1. Hillary Clinton’s behavior toward winning the nomination: The hell with the popular vote! Full speed ahead for the 2012 Election! Damage Obama so bad he cannot win the general election. This compounded by some who take this as a racial thing! Hell no it is just pure SELFISHNESS on the part of Hillary Clinton. She would do the same thing regardless of the candidate! She supported NAFTA and still supports “H1-b” that destroyed the technology job market! The payoff is we can all feel alienated!
2. Promoting masochistic self hate of America with PC Collective Guilt: Especially among people who rose above the religious collective guilt of Adam and Eve. Having rejected “Apple Theodicy” these very same folks now embrace the PC theory that “America is always wrong”. No that does not mean some things aren’t wrong with our society! It is the masochistic zeal that these PC Liberals, who renounce the Adam and Eve theory of collective guilt, now substitute being white, middle class and Oh My Mother Goddess, “Male” for Apple Theodicy! The idea of trying to improve things is completely vacant. Instead the joys of Masochistic hatred of America are glorified then they wonder why they loose elections to right wingers who covert the center!
3. Jeremiah Wright and the wimpy reaction to his speach: His behavior shows no concern for his so-called “friend” Barrack Obama who is running for the highest office in the land! Oh yes we hear that short sound bytes should not be used to judge a person’s whole career. Well imagine if John McCain were to use the “N” word just once or twice! What is so hard for Pastor Wright to say “look I am sorry forgive an old man who got stuck in a prior era”. Hell I would then even say let him back in Obama’s campaign! We all have a right to a “Mu-tack-a Moment” now don’t we? Listen to the video by Pastor Wright. Ask yourself what kind of friend could he be to Barrack Obama to not recant this? His speech glorifies being a victim! Not to mention racist statements.

Alienation is perpetuated by Pastor Wright’s speech and the lack of forceful repudiation by Obama and the Democrats. Yes I am an Obama supporter and a liberal. Just not a PC Liberal! While Dr. Young may never have thought his concept could be applied to politics, I believe it can, especially one of his concepts called “schema maintenance”. In the video above we witness “schema maintenance” at work! Note some things Pastor Wright says may have truth, but that is how schema maintenance works. The payoff is helplessness, ALIENATION and the protection of the status quo even though such is being argued against by the Reverend!

Let me add a “Transactional Analysis” footnote to the “Alienation Schema Maintenance Behavior” of both Pastor Wright, and the tepid response by Barrack Obama and many Democrats! That footnote is that the behavior of all of the above players could cause the defeat of Obama in the general election or even at the party convention! Ah yes but then we would be “Entitled” to cash in our Politically Correct TRADING STAMPS and engage in payoff game of “Ain’t It Awful” and “Wooden Leg“! Maybe nobody noticed but we have a war raging and the opportunity to elect either a Black or Female President! While I don’t believe race or gender automatically entitles one to be President it would be a nice moment in our history! So Barrack should cut loose from his so-called friend and not get caught up in this “Schema” of Alienation! Else he will be drinking “Bitter Beer”!

In conclusion we Democrats practice the schema maintenance of “alienation” and bitter beer drinking with our

• Use of the DENIAL MECHANISM rather than face dealing with Pastor Wright’s anti-patriotic and even racist statements!
• Then not Moving on to the real issues that face voters! Instead this campaign is turning off voters initial enthusiasm! Rush Limbaugh is laughing!

The Silent Majority must stand up and demand an end to this! We need to take our nation back from the effete snobs of Corporate America who do not want us to have job security and Universal Health Care!