How can you communicate with someone that is too close-minded to hear the facts?

[gulliver]

36. You have to go sub-cortical, imo

If the cortex is walled off, you need to go after the deeper parts of the brain.

I think Romney may be just the agent needed. Slimy, phony, clever, cruel, spoiled, apparently lacking any principles... To get the economy going again, what we need is for people to put America and average, everyday jobs first. We don't need some mealy-mouthed Douglas C. Niedermeyer telling us we need to worship him and his friends and beg them for our livelihoods. Romney has the capacity to make a lot of people feel very, very angry and disgusted with Republicanism. Obama comes from a decent place, and it is obvious. You never see him with Romney's "What? Me lie?" half-smile, half-caught look.

People don't trust their thinking any more. That is the Republicans' great gift to the country. Everything has to be real simple now and has to make a direct emotional appeal.