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On Shame As A Tactic, Or, Betsie Gallardo: She Won…And So Can You!

January 6, 2011 By fake-consultant

Under heaven nothing is more soft and yielding than water. Yet for attacking the solid and strong, nothing is better; It has no equal. The weak can overcome the strong; The supple can overcome the stiff. Under heaven everyone knows … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: congress, democrats, election-12, framing, fred-upton, issues, national, obama, politics, republicans, shame, social-security, strategy, tactics

Seeing through the water

May 3, 2010 By yawu

< 10px" class="Apple-style-span">And we often don't notice our public systems and structures until they malfunction. A busted traffic signal gets more attention than a functioning one, in the same way we notice potholes more than … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: framing, government, water

Call the Spade a Bloody Shovel

September 11, 2008 By maryscott-oconnor

Last night, Keith Olbermann exposed another vivid example of John McCain's craven, wanton priorities: ... Senator McCain said it most concisely in June. "Look," he said. "I know the area, I've been there, I know wars, I know how to win … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2008, election-2008, framing, mccain, obama, straight-talk

Dragging Sarah Palin Through the Mud

August 30, 2008 By maryscott-oconnor

Blechhhh. This leaves a disgusting taste in my mouth. She has to show up for her debate. No matter how hard she studies, there's no way Sarah Palin can win that debate. No matter how bright and shiny and colourful, no matter how pretty the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2008, democrats, douchebaggery, election-2008, framing, sarah-palin

Some thoughts on framing

August 23, 2008 By Jasiu

Note that these ideas are not fully worked out (except for the last one). Emphasize the strengths and diversity of Obama's experience compared to McCain's. For example, paint McCain as a Washington Insider for over two and a half decades, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: democratic, framing, presidential-election

How POTUS Candidates should handle the Marriage Q

January 4, 2007 By Laurel

Angie Paccione ran against Republican incumbent [and author of the discriminatory federal marriage amendment] Marilyn Musgrave (CO) in the Nov. 2006 congressional elections.  Angie lost by 3 points.  Given her very firm … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: candidate, framing, gay, marriage, paccione, president, same-sex, tactics

Un-great moments in framing

December 3, 2006 By Charley on the MTA

"Framing" -- the association of two or more things, even if denying the connection,  thereby reinforcing the connection in the public's mind. A distant cousin of the Freudian slip.Richard Nixon, November 17, 1973:"I am not a crook"... … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bush, framing, hadley, iraq, national

Question 1, Framed

November 6, 2006 By dcsohl

On the "Yes" side, the chief idea is that of convenience. "Vote yes on Question 1 for consumer choice and convenience."First off, if you really stop and think about it, convenience and consumer choice are not really the same thing at all. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: framing, lakoff, massachusetts, question-1

Framing Alert: the IC factor

August 3, 2006 By michael-forbes-wilcox

Leaving the "ic" off references to the Democratic Party. Seems like a simple thing, but he builds a good case that this is just one more case of the mean-spirited dissing that has now come to permeate all levels of discourse, not just the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: framing

The Buck Stops with Deval

July 27, 2006 By shack

Deval’s private sector experience is unique in the field of candidates: a corporate lawyer who has been brought in by large corporations when those companies have major problems to solve.  He may not have founded the company, but he … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: big-dig, ca/tastrophe, deval-patrick, framing

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