Wednesday, June 13, 2007

War on Words: Is Big Money Buying Your Vote?

Is the Infamous Frank Luntz Working for Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney?
Written by Aaron Thompson

If you are unfamiliar with Frank Luntz you probably just haven't been in tune with the Poli-Geek bible or glued to the television set within the last decade. Frank Luntz is a pollster with a power for words. He is the author of some of the most influential political terminology over the past decade that you will find intertwined within the following sentences.

With calculated statistical backing coaxing the comfort levels of the American public on how they view candidates, their platforms and the words that they choose, can Republicans ever really be understood as Compassionate Conservatives? Do they really stand behind their rhetorical Death Tax versus Estate Tax, Tax Relief versus Tax cuts, Climate Change versus Global Warming, or support a Contract for America. So goes the War on Words. The Republican Party has a newly financed foot soldier doing Romney's image work.

Check out how the war of words is being won with the power of “big” money. Unlike Rovian political tactics I will let you have an independent mind to decide what is Fact and what is Fiction. See below.

Luntz: Romney the Winner: Is Luntz Working for Romney?
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PBS The Frontline See Chapter Five “Give Us What We Want:” Testing Language That Persuades

4 comments:

Rob said...

Aaron, thanks for this great post on the systemic corruption of America.

Aaron Thompson said...

Thanks for helping me add a clip to the blog. I may need to take a blog refresher course from you.

Frank Staheli said...

You are correct that republicans are doing this. (Forgive me if the video clip shows that people on both sides of the aisle are doing it, but I can't view the video from where I am). But it's important to point out that it's not just republicans who buy your vote with big money and calculated words.

Anonymous said...

You are correct Frank (except in Utah). This is a problem created by a society that has made money the god of our country.