7.16.2005
Freeze Frame
Interesting article in the NYT on George Lakoff who has clued the democrats into the power of "framing" the debate.
The most interesting part of this article is the "eight words":
At the end of the article, Lakoff suggests eleven words for the Democrats: ''Stronger America, broad prosperity, better future, effective government and mutual responsibility.'' But, as Matt Bai points out, these are more vague concepts than the Republicans words. I like them, but they're not as clear.
So, how about:
"Fair Taxes, Good Services, Safe America, Fair Business Environment"
Needs work. Nancy Pelosi, if you're reading this, call me... ¶ 10:18 PM
The most interesting part of this article is the "eight words":
''I can describe, and I've always been able to describe, what Republicans stand for in eight words, and the eight words are lower taxes, less government, strong defense and family values,'' Dorgan, who runs the Democratic Policy Committee in the Senate, told me recently. ''We Democrats, if you ask us about one piece of that, we can meander for 5 or 10 minutes in order to describe who we are and what we stand for. And frankly, it just doesn't compete very well. I'm not talking about the policies. I'm talking about the language.''
At the end of the article, Lakoff suggests eleven words for the Democrats: ''Stronger America, broad prosperity, better future, effective government and mutual responsibility.'' But, as Matt Bai points out, these are more vague concepts than the Republicans words. I like them, but they're not as clear.
So, how about:
"Fair Taxes, Good Services, Safe America, Fair Business Environment"
Needs work. Nancy Pelosi, if you're reading this, call me... ¶ 10:18 PM
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How about:
Greater equality
Caring government
International cooperation
Enlightened values
The funny thing is that while both lists are basically positive, they really do speak to two different world views. While the Democrats have always had a message problem relative to the Republicans (any party of the little guy which consistently loses the working class vote to the party of the rich has issues), I don't think the message is the problem. I think that there are simply more people with either money or conservative social values than those with liberal social values.
As for Pelosi, she's part of the problem. More beans than brains. Maybe when Bush fires Karl Rove, the Democrats can turn him to their side of the Force!
Greater equality
Caring government
International cooperation
Enlightened values
The funny thing is that while both lists are basically positive, they really do speak to two different world views. While the Democrats have always had a message problem relative to the Republicans (any party of the little guy which consistently loses the working class vote to the party of the rich has issues), I don't think the message is the problem. I think that there are simply more people with either money or conservative social values than those with liberal social values.
As for Pelosi, she's part of the problem. More beans than brains. Maybe when Bush fires Karl Rove, the Democrats can turn him to their side of the Force!
I like these. I think "Enlightened Values" might be threating to the heartland folks who seem to have abandoned the Enlightenment in droves. How about "Personal Freedom"?
I think you're right. Personal freedom sounds less threatening.
Now all you have to do is convince Pelosi to adopt this platform, and to pay me for coming up with it for her!
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Now all you have to do is convince Pelosi to adopt this platform, and to pay me for coming up with it for her!
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