GOP want the white male to come back (Update)

Though it happened during the Presidential primaries it still seems like only yesterday Mainstream Media was all aflutter about a white man voting for Barack Obama. Mainstream Media called him out many times insulting him by referring to him as “... an uneducated white male”.

With every poll I heard analyzed, there were, in my opinion, concerted efforts to tell the percentages of white males in that state who voted for Barack Obama. I noted during the time Mainstream Media appeared angry, vulnerable, frustrated and particularly enraged. I noted them most likely having feelings they were losing their most precious voting base; the white male. I noted the painful feelings of abandonment. The “Woe is me” shoulder shaking crying in your beer kind of abandonment. The words “devastated” and “discombobulated” often came to mind.

The GOP apparently also believe what Rev. Jesse Jackson says, “Keep hope alive!” So it is when a white male demonstrates negative attitudes or deeds towards a Black, he becomes an instant celebrity or perhaps a distant star to be monitored.

That person is then vetted for his possible fifteen minutes and paraded before the public as a potential water boy. That’s how Glenn Beck got on the scene. For sure he is currently the GOP’s great white hope! The “Water Boy” extraordinaire to date. They hope to win back the white male voter through his peers like Glenn Beck and Joe The Plumber and they maybe grooming a few more in the wings who will eventually pop up on the scene although I think Joe The Plumber is kind of a disappointment to them. However, I understand the pay is good. I’ll stay tuned.
As always,
BB
(Update added 10/21)
Dominance, Politics, and Physiology: Voters' Testosterone Changes on the Night of the 2008 United States Presidential Election
Excerpt from a lengthy article:
While past studies have shown that men's testosterone levels differentially change in response to winning or losing an interpersonal dominance contest, the present study provides novel evidence showing that vicarious victory and defeat via democratic elections has similar physiological consequences for male voters as do interpersonal dominance contests [5]. Confirming our first hypothesis, we found that men who voted for Barack Obama (winner) had stable post-outcome levels of testosterone, and men who voted for John McCain or Bob Barr (losers) had decrements in their testosterone levels. Moreover, the pattern of testosterone change remained significant even when variance in a multitude of factors was controlled for including voters' political values, support intensity for their candidates, timing of saliva collection, levels of conservatism, consumption of alcohol on the night of the election, and social surroundings on the night of the election. The robust nature of the statistical effect, even when accounting for several potential explanatory factors, strongly implicates a win/loss effect on testosterone change.
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0007543
Hat tip to diarist golem.
Republican men hormonally emasculated by US election
by golem
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/10/21/795577/-Republican-men-hormonally-emasculated-by-US-election