Thursday, December 01, 2011

THIS IS VERY ENCOURAGING

As I listen to Mark "Foamer" Levin rant about liberals, I am reminded that he and the people who believe him are still a minority in America.  My evidence for that assertion is from Frank Luntz, the wizard GOP pollster and word meister, who's found that Occupy Wall Street has caught on with Americans:
How Republicans are being taught to talk about Occupy Wall Street
By Chris Moody | The Ticket
YAHOO NEWS

ORLANDO, Fla. -- The Republican Governors Association met this week in Florida to give GOP state executives a chance to rejuvenate, strategize and team-build. But during a plenary session on Wednesday, one question kept coming up: How can Republicans do a better job of talking about Occupy Wall Street?

"I'm so scared of this anti-Wall Street effort. I'm frightened to death," said Frank Luntz, a Republican strategist and one of the nation's foremost experts on crafting the perfect political message. "They're having an impact on what the American people think of capitalism."
I think this is the most remarkable point Luntz made:
Yahoo News sat in on the session, and counted 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."
Other liberals (also here) have picked up on this and I wonder if the radio gasbags will respond tomorrow.

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