Archive for the ‘Musings of Little Import’ Category
Merry Christmas
Saturday, December 24th, 2011If House Fails to Act, Our Taxes Go Up
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011Puncturing The Logic of The “War on Christmas”
Saturday, December 10th, 2011How Republicans Are Told to Talk about Occupy Wall Street
Saturday, December 10th, 2011Frank Luntz gives GOP members the 411 on how to trash the Occupy movement.
Here are a few of the top ten “suggestions”…excerpted from this article on Yahoo News (click over to read the entire depressing article):
10 do’s and don’ts from Luntz covering how Republicans should fight back by changing the way they discuss the movement.
1. Don’t say ‘capitalism.’
“I’m trying to get that word removed and we’re replacing it with either ‘economic freedom’ or ‘free market,’ ” Luntz said. “The public . . . still prefers capitalism to socialism, but they think capitalism is immoral. And if we’re seen as defenders of quote, Wall Street, end quote, we’ve got a problem.”
2. Don’t say that the government ‘taxes the rich.’ Instead, tell them that the government ‘takes from the rich.’
“If you talk about raising taxes on the rich,” the public responds favorably, Luntz cautioned. But ”if you talk about government taking the money from hardworking Americans, the public says no. Taxing, the public will say yes.”
3. Republicans should forget about winning the battle over the ‘middle class.’ Call them ‘hardworking taxpayers.’
“They cannot win if the fight is on hardworking taxpayers. We can say we defend the ‘middle class’ and the public will say, I’m not sure about that. But defending ‘hardworking taxpayers’ and Republicans have the advantage.”
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5. Don’t say ‘government spending.’ Call it ‘waste.’
“It’s not about ‘government spending.’ It’s about ‘waste.’ That’s what makes people angry.”
6. Don’t ever say you’re willing to ‘compromise.’
“If you talk about ‘compromise,’ they’ll say you’re selling out. Your side doesn’t want you to ‘compromise.’ What you use in that to replace it with is ‘cooperation.’ It means the same thing. But cooperation means you stick to your principles but still get the job done. Compromise says that you’re selling out those principles.”
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8. Out: ‘Entrepreneur.’ In: ‘Job creator.’
Use the phrases “small business owners” and “job creators” instead of “entrepreneurs” and “innovators.”
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10. Always blame Washington.
Tell them, “You shouldn’t be occupying Wall Street, you should be occupying Washington. You should occupy the White House because it’s the policies over the past few years that have created this problem.”
What to Do If Another Blogger Posts an Excerpt of Your Work
Friday, November 25th, 2011If a fellow blogger is interested enough in what you have written to excerpt it (with attribution) on his/her blog, the appropriate response is not “Take that down.”
The response is “thank you.”
