Political Campaigning – Tips from the Queen of Rejection®

I’m Honestly Very Scared

Jan 31, 2025

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Donald Trump’s misinterpretations, exaggerations and even lies are scary but I find his cullt-like influence on his impressionable followers the most frightening! Too often it leads to viciious attempts to attempts to silence those who disagree with their MAGA view of the world.

Election Campaign 2024: Rejections, Accusations and Psychological Projections

Sep 30, 2024

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Elayne Savage, PhD

Psychological projection is the tendency to unconsciously see certain traits in another person –– traits you cannot acknowledge them in yourself. These might include anger, sadness, fears, insecurities, vulnerabilities, and dependency. It might include your tendency to be stubborn or flirtatious or bad or too loud or pushy or competitive or controlling. have a tendency…

John Fetterman and Me and Auditory Processing Challenges

Oct 31, 2022

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Elayne Savage, PhD

Recent criticisms of John Fetterman’s stroke-caused speech challenges bring up my own life-long insecurities from Auditory Processing Disorder. When I stumble on words are friends or clients or audiences judging me? Luckily Fetterman’s neural circuits will continue to rebuild.

Needing Comfort and Reassurance – Getting Chaos and Fear Instead

Sep 30, 2020

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Elayne Savage, PhD

Watching the 1st presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump gave me a fearful visceral response arising from childhood experiences – the scariness of unpredictability and the overwhelming pain from bullying.

Theatre of the Absurd: The 2012 Election Campaign

Oct 18, 2012

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Elayne Savage, PhD

This 2012 election campaign is becoming increasingly surreal – something like Theatre of the Absurd. And increasingly mean-spirited as well!

Nasty and Personal: When is Political Nastiness Psychological Projection?

Jan 26, 2012

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Elayne Savage, PhD

This campaign is full of negativity, and nasty accusations. Could it really be psychological projection that is behind it all?

Personal and Repugnant Politicking

Oct 31, 2011

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Elayne Savage, PhD

The 2012 Presidential Primary campaigning is off to a running start with so much name-calling, personal attacks, slights, clashes, bitterness and harsh personal salvos. It would be hard not to take these personally!

All Frenzied Up – A Look at Mob Mentality

Aug 31, 2009

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Elayne Savage, PhD

As mob behavior runs rampant these days, the country becomes even more polarized. Mob behavior shows itself at Town Hall meetings – in the form of bullying, threats and intimidation. Can we protect ourselves from the effects of this onslaught?

Accusations, Projections and Rejections – More Lessons from the 2008 Election Campaign

Oct 28, 2008

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Elayne Savage, PhD

The 2008 Election Campaign spews forth accusations and psychological projection. Here’s how this daily dose of finger pointing affects our relationships.

On a Fast Moving Merry-Go-Round — Taking the 2008 Election Campaign Personally

Sep 26, 2008

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Elayne Savage, PhD

The negativity of this political campaign is throwing folks off-kilter. Every day we get another dose of gaslighting, rejection: lies, evasions, deception, attacks and disrespect. It’s affecting personal, professional and marketplace interactions.

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