‘Lizard Brains’ Redux: Huffington Repeats Analogy But Gets Exposed by TV Host
- Posted on October 29, 2010 at 12:39pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Last month Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington blamed support for Christine O’Donnell on people using their “lizard brains.” The insinuation being that only small-minded people would buy into O’Donnell and her ideas.
Now she’s at it again.
Appearing on Friday’s “Morning Joe,” Huffington used the analogy with host Joe Scarborough to describe why people would vote for Republicans next week:
People are operating out of fear and anxiety at the moment. And when they operate out of fear and anxiety, they operate out of what they call their ‘lizard brains.’ Lizard brains are not susceptible to rationality. That’s why the argument of, ‘you just voted them out and you want to vote them in’ isn’t going to cut it.
Mediaite’s Steve Krakauer explains what happened next when Scarborough called out Huffington:
“Lizard brains? Is that what Americans did in ‘08 when they elected a state senator President of the United States?” asked Scarborough. “Was that fear?”
“No, that was hope,” said Huffington, to some chuckles from the panel.
A couple minutes later, Scarborough summed it up: “When democrats win people are using the hope side of their brain, when Republicans win, people are using the lizard side of their brain.”
Did Scarborough just use his lizard brain to expose Huffington’s argument? I think so:
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Comments (241)
Ken
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 1:07pmBwahahahaha!!! Sounds like Ms. Huffy has lizard brains throughout her entire cranium!!!
Report Post »BoilitDown
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 1:39pmFrom the evidence, having that lizard part of the brain is more desirable than having the “liberal gene” mutation.
Report Post »pap pap
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 2:30pmNo she has snakes in her head.
Report Post »Rubicon
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 1:04pmShe got owned!!!!!!! hahahahahahahaha
Report Post »roberja
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 1:02pmWhat is wrong with having a lizard brain? It has keep us alive for thousands of years. I hope I have a lizard brain when assessing the candidates I will vote for- actually voted for this year. I have hope I made the right choice, if not, I’ll use my trusty lizard brain to vote them out! Bring it on, Arianna!
Report Post »AnotherWay
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 1:02pm“Green acres is the place for me.”:
Nice things about lizards is that they are seldom progressives–and always decline Soros funding which is earmarked to shut-down First Amendment Rights.
Report Post »rebel
Posted on October 30, 2010 at 6:32amshe calls us lizard brains…i call her organization a lot lizard for soros. oh yeah i went there!
Report Post »Brad Wesselmann
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 1:02pmPeople who are fearful strike out an whomever gets close enough. Are the progressives striking in every direction? Yes Are the TEA party members going to vote? You bet!
Report Post »Gruug
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 1:02pmForget the Democrat Party. Forget the Republican Party. Forget the Tea Party. We need to start the Leezurd Party. ;)
Report Post »IowaWoman
Posted on October 30, 2010 at 7:46amMinnesota of course. The lizard people get written in on the ballot.
Report Post »bulldawgmarietta
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 1:01pmWhy is the left so afraid of this women, Christine O’Donnell? How many times has the President been to Delaware?
Report Post »In-God-I-trust
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 1:01pmMy parents always told me not to think with my heart but rather think with my mind and feel with my heart. That means, leftists, don’t have a mind because they think with their heart (hope) and they are heartless because they are mindless.
Report Post »StalinsLoveChild
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 12:58pmSorry, when her lips started moving my lizard brain kicked into self preservation mode and made my finger hit the pause button. I cannot make it through the video.
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 1:45pmTN lucky you.
Report Post »robert5635
Posted on October 30, 2010 at 7:15amAt least lizards can say they have legs, those liberal snakes have to eat dust.
Report Post »SpklerMan
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 12:56pmA lizard brain would not fit inside of that Huffington head, gives a new meaning to smallminded people!!
Report Post »Country
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 12:54pmYou got to have a lizard brain to want to listen to any of them.
Report Post »TNgirly
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 12:54pmDems have no solutions, their platform is always about what the GOP has done or hasn’t done. If you have a solution, great, let’s hear it. Not this crap of “hope and change”. What the heck kind of a solution is that? All they did was vote against the GOP in 06 and 08, not FOR anything.
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 1:19pmDems have a solution; Tax the crap out of the successful working class, spend like money is going out of style, enslave the nation. Our solution has a problem with thier solution. Lock and load (metaphoricly, of course, no violence here).
Report Post »Max jones
Posted on October 31, 2010 at 12:12amthere is no political solution. The ONLY hope we have is the Love and Mercy of our Lord through his only begotten son. Get back to basics. Keep your eyes on the prize. Pray continually, cherish the Word. max
Report Post »ILFarmer
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 12:53pm“Heads I’m Right, Tails You’re Wrong” mentality.
Report Post »AngryTexanFromAmarillo
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 12:53pmSad Sad lives these liberals must live.
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 1:02pmActually I am a liberal and I live a pretty nice life – you should not make sweeping generalizations – not all liberals are the same just as not all members of the TeaParty are the same or all Republicans are the same.
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LadybugsTX
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 1:33pmHa. That‘s hilarious coming from the liberal camp who’s bread and butter are social division and identity politics.
Angry Texan from Amarillo as well, transplanted to Las Vegas.
Report Post »AnotherWay
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 1:36pmWelcome Walkwithme66! Kind liberals with good hearts (like Juan Williams) are always welcome in Becksville.
Report Post »76
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 12:52pmWell I suppose she would be the expert on lizard brains
Report Post »The Good Source 101
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 12:51pmThe Huffingsomething Post. My Little Lizard brain haha, my mom always told me I was special.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 12:51pmNO fear, NO anxiety here. just pure AMERICAN VALUES and AMERICAN SPIRIT. same American blood and guts that fought for OUR Freedom in the Revolutionary War and SAVED THE WORLD’s FREEDOM in WWII.
Report Post »MAULEMALL
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 12:50pmCHANDLER, Ariz. — The gruesome case of a man who was stabbed and beheaded in a suburban Phoenix apartment has police investigating whether the killing is potentially the most extreme example of Mexican drug cartel violence spilling over the border.
This is an actual story not that huffenpuff dribble
Report Post »HippoNips
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 12:50pmAaaaariianna , has a bad case of epistemophobia, as do most liberals.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 12:49pmthis is exactly all the democrats understand and DO: pure exposed contempt and hatred, and hate speech about everyone else who will not succumb to them and obama.
buy more ammo.
VOTE anti-democrat NOV 2 .
democrats can no longer be considered “AMERICANS” with what they are doing to demean, degrade, disarm and dismantle America.
Report Post »Bob_R_OathKeeper
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 12:48pmWTF is a leezard? LOL Man these people have no brains, let alone a leezard brain.
Report Post »ReaganerThanThou
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 3:43pmA “leezard” is that tool who’s running against Joe Miller for the Alaskan senate seat – Leezard Murkinksy. <—- (That's how you spell her name, by the way, for those of you who are gonna vote for her.)
Report Post »Beckofile
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 12:48pmMy Hope brain tells me I will win the lottery. My Lizard brain tells me to get back to work.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 12:55pmReality sucks, doesn’t it?!!!!?
Report Post »AngryTexanFromAmarillo
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 12:56pmAmen lol. Sadly the boat i’ve been waiting on to come in was sunk by liberal submarines =(
Anyone ever notice after Monday and Tuesday even the Calendar says WTF…
Report Post »shutuphippy
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 1:01pmFunny that’s what my brain says too.
Report Post »AirForceBrat
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 1:16pmLOL! You got that right!
Report Post »SheriS
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 1:31pmThis woman is nutty then the stale “fruitcake”. I cannot imagine anyone with a brain of any kind could listen, read, or watch this imbecile! She makes “blood shoot out of my eyes” for sure! Nutcase, braindead, whacko all come to mind to describe this frightening human!
Report Post »MCGIRV
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 2:00pmRight on!
Report Post »Citizen
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 4:54pmthanks i needed a laugh
Report Post »seeker9
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 12:48pmShe does what most progressives do – string words together, derogatory for consevatives, complimentary for libs, to fit a situation. Pelosi comes first to mind.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 1:06pmWho’s she to call anyone anything lizard … a lizard face liberal should not bring up and disparage LIZARDS….
Report Post »tobywil2
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 1:55pmThe “Wannabe Tyrants” will publicize lies, half-truths and the irrelevant using their “preponderance of the propaganda” to avoid a discussion of the issues. Pay no attention to the smokescreen.
When your premise is false the only arguments that can be used are fear mongering, emotional arguments, sarcasm, attacking the messenger and misrepresentation of the facts (lying). Those who expect to reap huge profits from our misery caused by government control are experts at these tactics.
The only relevant issue is freedom or tyranny!!!!
http://commonsense21c.com/
Report Post »Beckofile
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 12:47pmI like my lizard brain. You can only get a hope brain if you go to a college and get indoctrinated at your parents expense. A typical Hope brain now cost $27,000 on average at a private indoctrination station. Hope is for fools.
Report Post »emertz8413
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 12:55pmThat is $27,000/year!
Report Post »ltb
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 1:31pmInteresting Fact: The average cost of a primary education at a private Christian school is $6,000 per student per year and the average cost at a public school is ~$10,000 ($24,600 in DC); the average SAT score for students graduating from Christian schools is 10% higher than the average score for students from public schools. Question: Why are Christians allowing our country to be taken over by liars and thieves?
Report Post »MCGIRV
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 1:59pmHa ha ha! A hope brain education. Thats funny!
Report Post »MattPSU
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 2:22pmLTB- I’m a conservative too but you cannot compare statistics of public vs private schools like that. Teachers in my area at parochial schools make literally minimum wage, and they are expected to stay late and participate in after school events. That is no way to treat educators with bachelors degrees. Of course private schools will be cheaper.
As for the test scores, maybe it is because the better students with richer or more supportive parents can afford it.
Kabooyah
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 3:38pmMATTPSU, be careful giving credit to better SAT scores due to people that can afford it. Most schools offer assitance programs for those that can’t. More credit goes to the teachers that teach because they believe in it and not for the money and parents because they are willing to make the sacrifices to be part of their kids lives. My wife and I have one income because we believed in raising our children and not paying someone else to. We send them to a private catholic school because it is a better atmosphere for our kids that incorporates faith and learning together. This is not because we can afford it, but because we make sacrifices to do so.
Report Post »IMforGlenn
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 4:12pmTo MattPSU
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 2:22pm
I’m so tired of hearing how teachers are underpaid (no longer true) and how much they sacrifice, even though they have bachelor’s degrees. This is America, nobody is forcing you to be a teacher…if you don’t like the pay, go away. Teacher’s get all the great bennies to make up for their so-called “low pay”. If I don’t like how much I;m being paid to do my job, I’m free to find another…..if you love your job then pay shouldn’t matter. Stop your whining or find another job.
Report Post »longhorn mama
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 5:52pmI have a BA, JD, and almost an MA and my husband has a BA and is an MD. Both of us want the commies out. You don’t have to come out brainwashed on the other side of higher learning. Plenty of Conservatives are very well educated. And as another poster said, more and more of us watching the news and current events and are more educated on the issues than ever before in my lifetime. I know that I myself was asleep at the wheel before. Socialism is the party of stupid.
Report Post »Beckofile
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 6:39pmLonghorn,
Report Post »No disrespect meant. I also have a BA and it has been useful. I think when one engages in education for a purpose or skill set it is very useful. I also believe the culture and student that is just there to be there in the liberal arts department is set up to be indoctrinated into a socialist mindset. It seems today that the back east and California higher ed institutions are social engineering factories. Big Education is worse then Big Oil? Shoot I can get 4 barrels of oil for what a text book cost today????? And the oil won’t lie to me:)
ltb
Posted on October 30, 2010 at 12:18amMattPSU, yes you can compare public vs private schools like that. Did it ever occur to you that teachers who are willing to work at minimum wage may be more committed to teaching children than teachers in unions who demand $95,000 a year? After I got my master’s degree I worked for $24,000 a year at a psychiatric clinic for the homeless – I did it for the intrinsic rewards, not so I could get rich and I was happy to do it. Also, the SAT score differences speak for themselves, that’s why they are called standardized tests.
Report Post »Doc_Slammin
Posted on October 31, 2010 at 12:06amLTB : I agree with your assessment of private schooling vs public schooling. What MattPSU fails to realize is that each privately or home schooled child reduces the taxes needed to publicly educate a child by $10,000 a year.
…and to answer your question IMHO:
You want to know how the Christians of this nation could let it be taken over by liars and thieves? I say unto you, give this nation’s church-goers a Biblical test and you shall find the answer you seek.
Report Post »Bill Wallace
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 12:46pmIf we use Huff & Puff’s logic…
Electing Obama was hope. He was elected by minorities, independents, the left, among others.
He is now largely abandoned by many of those same minorities and independents. His base isn’t energized. The college crowd has left. Even the radical left has criticized him.
And they have done that from fear? How about disappointment.
There really is only 2 motivators for voting. Hope and anger. You hope your politician does something you approve of, or you are angry that the other politician is a complete bust.
Report Post »MAULEMALL
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 12:53pmCHANDLER, Ariz. — The gruesome case of a man who was stabbed and beheaded in a suburban Phoenix apartment has police investigating whether the killing is potentially the most extreme example of Mexican drug cartel violence spilling over the border.
This is an actual story of concern… not the rino and the commies and some forign ****** sitting around talking about lizard brains..
CADINO
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 1:09pmYes, this is a great concern. Sadly, the MSM is finally reporting on the incident that happened over 2 weeks ago. Fortunately for this website, someone commented on the story WHEN IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED!
Report Post »MAULEMALL
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 1:36pmReally because it only happened 8 hrs ago
Report Post »MAULEMALL
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 1:37pmOh they just put the story up here…
Report Post »2
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 2:11pmHuffin & Puffin has a Lizard Face and a Forked tounge.
Report Post »KO
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 2:27pmthe focus group that was on Hannity yesterday showed a black American who came out and said he voted for Obama because it was Historical, what a stupid reason to vote for someone who is supposed to run our country. So what does that tell you.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 2:37pmHey Joe: A lot of people don’t follow this everyday, right. But a whole HECK of a lot more people ARE following things everyday way more so than there were people following things everyday 2 years ago, or any other time before now.
Report Post »Major Infidel
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 2:58pmArianna needs a good …….
Bring her down a few rungs.
Report Post »Polwatcher
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 3:43pmObama, Pelosi, Harry, and the Dems still have 100% of the cemetary, felon, and prison vote.
Report Post »chazman
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 3:58pmThat Zsa Zsa Huffington! What a card, huh? What a crack up! Whata maroon!
Yuck, Yuck …
Report Post »ron the veteran
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 4:49pmtheres only one bunch of lizzard brained losers they call themselves progressives we got another name for them….. commies!
Report Post »JackBoot101
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 6:12pmMr. wonderful and his allies like Arianna Stassinopoulou (Huffington) want to follow the Greek model. How has that worked for the Greeks? Yeah, the Greeks created the republic model, but that was a long time ago.
Report Post »AmericanSince1619
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 6:46pm“People are operating out of fear and anxiety at the moment. And when they operate out of fear and anxiety, they operate out of what they call their ‘lizard brains.’ Lizard brains are not susceptible to rationality. That’s why the argument of, ‘you just voted them out and you want to vote them in’ isn’t going to cut it.”
Tying to the News yesterday of the discovery of a Liberal Gene: One of the differences of people with the 7R version of the DRD4 gene (the version associated in the paper with liberals) is that it affects the dopamine receptors on the Amygdala structure in the brain. (google Amygdala DRD4)
The Amygdala structure is part of the brain that regulates fear. DRD4-7R individuals are reported in scientific papers as engaging in high risk activities BECAUSE THE NORMAL FEAR RESPONSE is diminished by the gene.
The 7R version of the DRD4 gene is the mutation and occurs in 20% -30% of the population, the 7R version of the gene is calculated to be 5-10 times younger than, the more common occurring, about 65%, 4R version of the gene.
Report Post »cheezwizshabaz
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 6:50pmShe is telling the people that conservative have a defective brain. Therefore we can’t think or care for ourselves. They must think for us, and is we don’t follow, eliminate the inferior people. That’s how they dehumanized the Jews.
Report Post »Robert W
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 10:52pmWhen she talks people listen…lol
Report Post »Robert W
Posted on October 29, 2010 at 10:55pmRemove her hair and paint her green and you got….the Geico lizard!!! sorry.
Report Post »BoiseBaked
Posted on October 30, 2010 at 12:16pmHuffington is secretly a lizard from another planet. I mean look at her…. she looks like a lizard. I’ve seen her catch flies with her tongue….. REALLY!
Report Post »Debralynne47
Posted on October 30, 2010 at 1:05pmall zsa zsa Huffington cares about is flippling this country from capitalism to commie socialism which is the same thing as communism in their one world govt utopia.
Report Post »FREEinAZ
Posted on October 31, 2010 at 12:28pmBut us, “lizard brains”, are considered smart enough to earn enough money to support ourselves and the rest of the country…..mmmm not too many dumb people are capable of that. Why am I even responding to her nonsense?? Oh, yeah, that “lizard brain” of mine….
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