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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGOP “Word Czar” Luntz Seen As Indispensable
Because the notorious fear-mongering GOP uses words as their primary means of propagandizing fear onto susceptible potential voters, the GOP word czar, Frank Luntz, is seen as indispensable. This especially true regarding presidential candidate, Mr. Romneys, propensity to try and fit his entire foot (up to and including his ankle)into his mouth whenever he ventures off-the-cuff. Carefully choosing words to disguise their cynical and arrogant contempt for most Americans, (including much of their own base,i.e. poor white southerners who consistently vote against their own interest) is so vital to the partys strategy that Republicans wont even properly use the name of the Democratic Party, cutting off the final ic.
Guided by word czar Frank Luntz, whose sole purpose is to teach Republicans how to deceive the American electorate susceptible to such language (this especially true of a large portion of their base, southern white males), Mr. Luntz teaches the GOP how to turn actualities into mirages, reasonableness into hate; hate which will displace any remaining empathy for anyone not of their ilk. Luntz achieves this by making repugnant policies seem palatable, and to wit the Republican Party has now elevated all rich people into job creators and compared them to the rest of the population by the grotesquely divisive Makers vs Takers comparison. Not seeing enough of a denigration of solid Americans, Paul Ryan has introduced , and thereby attempted to tarnish, the estate tax by calling it the death tax. The estate tax exemption is particularly attractive to the aristocratic family dynasties who enjoy the Lineage Entitlement Programs already in place that enable entire generations of families to enjoy a completely different set of laws and morals than the average American for whom they hold such contempt.
Mr. Luntz is so proud of his handiwork that he even authors a web blog on the Huffington Post for GOP convenience. Mr. Luntzs handiwork dictates that all GOP presidential candidates lead off every campaign cycle with the #1 priority being energy independence , whether it is the McCain/Palin chant of drill, baby drill or just a generic description of vague prioritiesMr. Romneys specialty.
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GOP “Word Czar” Luntz Seen As Indispensable (Original Post)
Strega Ribiera
Sep 2012
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rsweets
(307 posts)1. Lets raise the estate tax on everything over 3 mill to 80%
and listen to them howl .....
ooooohhhh the inhumanity
Viva_Daddy
(785 posts)2. George Orwell warned us that "Big Brother" would use language to deceive.