2 (two) linguistic tactics dems should consider.

[junker]

1) in every future reference to Bush, always link the republicans by association, as in "Bush and the Republicans" did thus-and-so....
the effect, over a very short time, will be to begin driving the cognitive disonnace wedge through the republican party. Those who are anti-bush, will now have to start each conversation with a distancing phrase referencing how they are not 'bush'....the effects of this are obvious, now only will a whole of republican time/resources now be directed to coming up with distancing phrases, but their own perception of reality will be altered by the neuro-linguistic programming such a response forces on them. The burden on those republicans who *do* support bush will be even greater. They will have to deal with the implied/inferred attack on them, as well as the not-quite-obvious-but-still-perceived splintering of the public image of republican uniformity of opinion...

like my pappy from missouri used to say, "them dogs hate to be tainted by the stink of a loser" (reference to pack behavior of politicians).

2) in all criticisms of bush, reference the word small or some other word indicating diminuative. An example might be to use the word in reference to 'bush's small vision of the world', rather than say narrow, which would be the more common, and commonly expected phrasing.

THere are many results from this. By using small and other such words, the listener actually has to stop and hear what is said, as in the case of their minds expecting to hear the word narrow, but hearing small instead. So makes them stop and think.

But the primary effect will be with bush himself. Here is a man who clearly is in love with, and identifies with, his penis. To such a persona, to have the word 'small' applied to them will make them crazier than they are already. Their skin will crawl with each hearing of it....and since he will have to respond to each and every occurance (ego/penis demands it), you have a string wrapped around his balls/mind....

[GAspnes]

1. it's a start

Newt Gingrich did something similar, but more encompassing, in 1994.

[sui generis]

2. the Bene Gesserit are alive and well

I do agree that repetitive associations are a great way to get those imbalanced people even more off balance. Here are some others:

Racist Republicans
Homophobic Republicans
Fanatical Republicans
Fascist Republicans
Banana Republicans (my favorite)
Radical Republicans
Irrational Republicans
Rabid Republicans
Socially Backwards Republicans
Undereducated Republicans
Self-Interested Republicans
Egocentrical Republicans
Sociopathic Republicans
Moral Minority Republicans
Wrong-Wing Republicans

my my just getting started . . .