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May 29, 2018

Grifting Opportunity Party (for our own GOP)

Or Grifters' Opportunity Party.

May 29, 2018

ROFL - I love that photo!!!

I forget when it first graced the internet. I've been laughing about it ever since!

Morans!

May 29, 2018

Lakoff is THE MAN.

It's posted up top, of course,, but sure bears repeating! (Particularly since repeating is part of the strategy!)

I LOVE this part:

The key lesson: when we negate a frame, we evoke the frame. When President Richard Nixon addressed the country during Watergate and used the phrase “I am not a crook,” he coupled his image with that of a crook. He established what he was denying by repeating his opponents’ message.
This illustrates one of the most important principles of framing a debate: When arguing against the other side, don’t use their language because it evokes their frame and not the frame you seek to establish. Never repeat their charges! Instead, use your own words and values to reframe the conversation.
When you repeat Trump, you help Trump.




May 29, 2018

Make SURE you don't repeat whatever messaging he's trying to imbed in the unsuspecting.

REPLACE IT with something YOU made up. I bet you can think of better and more appropriate substitutes, substitutes that deliver OUR messaging. And repeat it many times. This just made me think back to when I was a kid and had to get a vaccination - which consisted of the doctor making lots of little pin pricks in a small area of skin on the upper arm, and then applying the vaccine to the area thus "tenderized." You need a lot of little pin pricks to absorb that particular medicine, I guess. Well, so do we! LOTS of little pin pricks make it that much easier for whatever WE are trying to spread to be ABSORBED within. And once absorbed, the vaccine gets to work, the medication gets delivered, and the desired immunization is achieved.

Lakoff is THE MAN. Our Man on Messaging. He makes tons and tons of sense. I wish the DNC would hire him to guide our party's messaging!

May 29, 2018

Excellent!

May 28, 2018

Yup.

This makes perfect sense.

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About calimary

Female. Retired. Wife-Mom-Grandma. Approx. 30 years in broadcasting, at least 20 of those in news biz. Taurus. Loves chocolate - preferably without nuts or cocoanut. Animal lover. Rock-hound from pre-school age. Proud Democrat for life. Ardent environmentalist and pro-choicer. Hoping to use my skills set for the greater good. Still married to the same guy for 40+ years. Probably because he's a proud Democrat, too. Penmanship absolutely stinks, so I'm glad I'm a fast typist! I will always love Hillary and she will always be my President.
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