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In reply to the discussion: In 18 years since Naders run, what has been accomplished by attacking the Dem party from the left? [View all]virtualobserver
(8,760 posts)and I love that he speaks from the heart but that does not mean that I agree with every detail of his framing.
As for costs, I was at an anti-war rally in 1990 in DC, and Casey Kasem was speaking and he was leading a audience response
chant of a type. He would list something that Republicans would argue that we could not afford, then the tag line "but we always have money for war" There are a number of different estimates of the cost of the middle east wars, but they are always in the trillions.
I agree less with the standard Democratic Party framing of issues because I believe that they have adopted some conservative language. Sometimes they also express things in an indirect way, which limits the penetration of the idea into the minds of the people .
For example, I think that it is a mistake to talk about your "values". It is better to clearly state what your values are.
I would like to see the Democratic Party adopt the communication strategy of George Lakoff. Forgive me if I already asked you this, but are you familiar with his work?