I just watched the DVD, How Democrats and Progressives Can Win, Solutions from George Lakoff. I think Lakoff is much more successful in recognizing the need for Democrats and progressives to engage in framing political debate than he is in actually framing political issues. The language he uses is actually only compelling to liberals. It is no death blow to Evangelical Right Wing Conservative political rhetoric.
So, I propose aggressive adoption of the following frame:
Bush is full of Texas horsepucky when he invokes his "ownership society." An ownership society would transform us into shareholders, but that's not what his programs are about. His proposal for Social Security is to borrow yet more money and divert privatized profit as transaction fees to the financial services industry. He is yet again digging America deeper into a debtor society. His insane proposal is nothing more than a crude shakedown of the American workforce.
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