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deminks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 05:18 AM
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Luntz admits he tries to convince focus group attendees to oppose health care reform.
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/08/17/luntz-scare-reform/

In May, pollster Frank Luntz presented a memo to congressional Republicans, laying out a strategy for opposing health care reform. Since then, the GOP has closely followed his script. Appearing on Fox News today, Luntz claimed that his recent focus groups have shown how “angry” Americans are about President Obama’s push for health care reform. But Luntz also admitted that he tries to convince people at his focus groups to be more scared of government than insurance companies:

LUNTZ: They were more angry and more fearful of government than insurance companies, but not by much. And what I’m saying to people who are nervous about this health care, as I listen to the give and take, is if you don’t like the insurance companies — and most people don’t — then do you really want to add an extra layer of bureaucracy and an extra level of bureaucrats and yet another set of people who can say no to you.

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video at the link

This dude is a real piece of work

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Luntz

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In a January 9, 2007, interview on Fresh Air with Terry Gross, Luntz redefined the term "Orwellian" in a positive sense, saying that if one reads Orwell's Essay On Language (presumably referring to Politics and the English Language), "To be 'Orwellian' is to speak with absolute clarity, to be succinct, to explain what the event is, to talk about what triggers something happening… and to do so without any pejorative whatsoever."<4>




So, tell me, America, do you still think the angry white man at the town hall is real, or planted?
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 05:20 AM
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1. I had the misfortune of hearing Luntz on the Diane Rehm program a
while back and came away with the impression that he is a lying slug.
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deminks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 09:29 AM
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2. kick for the light of day.
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scheming daemons Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 09:31 AM
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3. The angry white man at the town hall is a plant... but THINKS he is real...

That's what is more dangerous.


These folks think they came up with these ideas on their own.
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