{"id":5627,"date":"2011-12-01T18:48:27","date_gmt":"2011-12-02T00:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freethoughtblogs.com\/xblog\/?p=1445"},"modified":"2011-12-01T18:48:27","modified_gmt":"2011-12-02T00:48:27","slug":"top-gop-strategist-occupy-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/01\/top-gop-strategist-occupy-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"Top GOP Strategist: “Occupy Matters”"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Republican Governor\u2019s Association met in Florida this week and featured pollster Frank Luntz, who … told attendees that he\u2019s \u201cscared of this anti-Wall Street effort. I\u2019m frightened to death.\u201d The pollster warned that the movement is \u201chaving an impact on what the American people think of capitalism.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Apparently, there are some interesting changes going on in the current culture of politics. According to Luntz, people still prefer “capitalism” to “socialism” (we all know the average American has no clue what either one is, so when we say “capitalism” and “socialism” we speak not of the systems but the words themselve… but I digress). But, he says, people know that capitalism is immoral. That’s an improvement! He suggests to his Republican mentees that they avoid the word “capitalism.”
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\nHe suggests saying the phrase “I get it” a lot.<\/p>\n

He suggests that Republicans avoid talking about bonuses or other perks the 1% get. Don’t mention “Middle Class” because today’s voters no believe that the Republicans can defend it. And then this bit that I’m still trying to wrap my head around:<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t Talk About Taxing The Rich: Luntz reminded Republicans that Americans actually do want to tax the rich, so he reccommended they instead say that the government \u201ctakes from the rich.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the whole story here. <\/a><\/p>\n

Hat Tip: Sharon Johnson Miller<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Republican Governor\u2019s Association met in Florida this week and featured pollster Frank Luntz, who … told attendees that he\u2019s \u201cscared of this anti-Wall Street effort. I\u2019m frightened to death.\u201d The pollster warned that the movement is \u201chaving an impact on what the American people think of capitalism.\u201d Apparently, there are some interesting changes going … Continue reading Top GOP Strategist: “Occupy Matters”<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[284,507,891,302,893],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-1sL","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5627"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5627\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}