Letters to the Editor
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@Reality
Hmmm. That's a tough one.
How do you convince someone else that their thinking is incorrect? In my letter history you'll find a post regarding how people nowadays just "talk past" each other instead of engaging in honest debate.
I think that, with all the static and noise coming from all directions nowadays people just tend to go with their instincts (and biases), basically because they will always be able to find some argument (on the internet or somewhere else) that gives support to their own belief system. In short, trying to change another person's "perception of reality" for an election is almost doomed to fail.
OTOH, people change their "perceptions of reality" pretty quickly when cold, hard facts hit them on the head. Witness the current debacle in housing. From "houses will always appreciate in value" to "OMG, let's walk from this mortgage. It'll never come back."
So, for the purposes of winning an election I would go with playing into people's biases to win it, then maybe trying to change it from a position of strength.
Otherwise, the GOP will win again and _they_ will be in the position of trying to change people's "perception of reality" to their ends.