Understanding the Ideological Other
I was having a conversation with a friend the other night.It seems her father hates Obama so much that he would vote for a cartoon character (which given the GOP choices this election, isn't far off from the truth...) than for Obama. Her dilemma is how to understand why his perspective is so off-base.In 2000, I was pissed. Demoralized. Blown away.The redneck cowboy from Up East had been handed the P…