Frank Luntz banned from GOP retreat

[CatWoman]

Pollster Booted From Retreat
GOP Event Opens Thursday

By Ben Pershing
Roll Call Staff

February 8, 2006

The ascent last week of Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) to the Majority Leader post has put the agenda for the upcoming House GOP retreat somewhat in flux, but one thing is certain: Frank Luntz won’t be there.

The omnipresent Republican pollster was uninvited from the retreat — scheduled for this Thursday through Saturday in Cambridge, Md. — after Boehner adamantly told his colleagues at his first leadership meeting last Friday that he didn’t want Luntz there.

“Boehner said he wasn’t going if Luntz was going,” said a leadership source.

http://www.rollcall.com/issues/51_80/news/12090-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS

[kenny blankenship]

1. Mee-Yow!

[fujiyama]

2. HAHA

Luntz is such a dick. Nice to see him get the shaft (no pun intended).

[CatWoman]

4. Maybe Boehner is scared of that rat Luntz

wears on top of his head.

[guruoo]

3. Wuhh wuh waaaaa!

[WillyT]

5. OK... I'll Ask... What's The Beef ???

Between Boner and Luntz, LOL!!!

Seriously... wassup with these two?

:shrug:

[CatWoman]

6. Luntz is after his "Bargain Basement" apartment

:hi:

[guruoo]

14. Shudda guessed

[David Dunham]

7. This is good news. Luntz actually helps the Repugs.

[Me.]

8. Well Now, It Looks Like Someone's Wig Has Come Unglued

Hardy har as they begin eating their own.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

9. That's very odd.

Snip
“Some people love him and some people just don’t like his approach,” GOP Conference Chairwoman Deborah Pryce (Ohio) said in 2004, adding that Luntz isn’t “everyone’s cup of tea” but “if you can abide the messenger, the message is helpful.”

That love-hate divide has at times split the Republican leadership. Boehner’s predecessor as Majority Leader, Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas), is known to be an eager customer for Luntz’s strategic advice, while Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) and his office have been described by leadership sources as less than enthusiastic about Luntz’s work.

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[FreedomAngel82]

11. Ooo

Interesting. A cat fight. I wonder if he'd get so mad he'll go and spill things he knows.

[FreedomAngel82]

10. Aww Boehner is a whiny baby too!

I wonder why he didn't want him there.

[PretzelWarrior]

12. maybe he has a sensitive stomach and the sight of Luntz

would be too much for him at this catered event

[CatWoman]

13. LOL

That looks like a squirrel sitting on top of his head

:rofl:

what is it with these guys and those gawd awful rugs?

[Oilwellian]

15. Awww...

I guess the little list of republican catch words aren't working anymore. :nopity:

[drm604]

16. Frank Luntz

Luntz is the man responsible for much of the disinformation that has come from the Republican party, including the constant linkage of Iraq to 9/11.

Some info on Luntz:

http://dkosopedia.com/index.php/Frank_Luntz

Frank Luntz is a researcher who tests messages, marketing and polling on what best works to "sell" GOP policies to the unwary, and is the authority in the party for crafting a unified, market tested sound bites for the GOP agenda. He was responsible for crafting the wording of the Contract with America for Newt Gingrich and market testing the terms and phrases used within it.

<snip>

"Communicating the Principles of Prevention and Protection in the War on Terror", mentioned on the PBS TV show "Now with Bill Moyers", apparently prepared for the Bush Administration, full of guidance on specific words, phrases, and context to use when talking about the policy of pre-emption and the war in Iraq." This advice included: "No speech about homeland security or Iraq should begin without a reference to 9/11"

It's interesting that Boehner doesn't want this guy around.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

17. Just what I said in a previous post, it's weird.