If the crass candidacy of Donald “Drumpf” Trump, it may have forced a few people to admit to some cold hard facts about Republican policies and voters. On MSNBC Joe “Schmoe” Scarborough finally admitted that after thirty years only rich people benefited from Republican economic policies. “The problem with the Republican Party over the past …
Tag: Frank Luntz
Jul 09 2010
BP Apologists
BP Apologists.
Excuse Pollution.
Ban Regulations.
Reward Incompetence.
Protect Corporations.
Outsource Prosperity.
Embrace Unemployment.
Ignore Homelessness.
Shelf Compassion.
Pocket Donations.
Feb 20 2010
Frank Luntz: a one man wrecking crew, without a conscience
Mr Luntz is at it again, doing what he does best: Making Stuff Up for purely Politcal Gain!
Wall St Consultant Frank Luntz Pens Memo On
How To Channel Economic Anxiety Into Protecting Wall St Abuses
Lee Fang, ThinkProgress – 02/01/2010
[…] Luntz, who gained national recognition for his role in shaping the buzzword-heavy Contract for America with Newt Gingrich in 1994, has built a sizable business selling his messaging advice to both corporations and Republican campaigns.
The new memo instructs opponents of financial reform to simply lie about reform legislation, and to twist economic anxiety resulting from the recession into fear of any government effort to fix the underlying cause of the financial crisis. The most dishonest argument is that financial reform would “punish” taxpayers while rewarding “big banks and credit card companies.” In reality, top financial industry lobbyists are not only fighting proposed oversight regulations, but have said recently that they are opposed to “any regulation” at all.
http://thinkprogress.org/2010/…
How DOES this Man sleep at night?
Jan 30 2010
Obama vs Luntz; Olive Branch, meet Disdain
olive branch
n
1. a branch of an olive tree used to symbolize peace
2. any offering of peace or conciliation
http://www.thefreedictionary.c…
dis dain
tr.v. dis·dained, dis·dain·ing, dis·dains
1. To regard or treat with haughty contempt; despise. See Synonyms at despise.
2. To consider or reject as beneath oneself.
n.
1. A feeling or show of contempt and aloofness; scorn.
http://www.thefreedictionary.c…
Given the same opportunity, the famed GOP guru, Frank Luntz, would recommend the same tactics again, in order to derail progress …
Oct 03 2009
Empty Talking Points, Faux Outrage, and The Lie Factory — Exposed.
Ed Schultz: This wasn’t flippant, Grayson just took it to them ‘by the rules’. And he doesn’t have to apologize to nobody for anything. And you know what, there are a lot of Lefties around this Country, in their living rooms tonight saying, ‘YES! this is how you got to handle these folks!’
The Republicans are demanding an apology for the same reason they are offering Amendments about Czars — They have nothing to offer in the Health Care Debate!
[…]Ed Schultz: Congressman Grayson do you take anything back?
Alan Grayson: Absolutely NOT! — the people WHO should be apologizing are the Republicans — they’re the ones who should be apologize for dragging us all through the mud here, while we are just trying to improve Health Care in America.
Sep 07 2009
Is Health Care a Commodity, or a basic Human Right? with Poll
Well according to this former HMO Medical Director, she traded Necessary Patients Care, for Career Advancement and a 6-figure Salary:
Linda Peeno MD, testifies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…
Question: Are the Patients, who are Denied Care, to save the Insurance Companies Money — DO those Patients have a RIGHT to their Health Care?
Or are Those Patients simply a Commodity — a “Cost Center” — that must be constantly constrained?
Aug 19 2009
Luntz crafts new attack on PO on Fox with Hannity. Thanks to new TV machine, we get to watch. FAIL!
Thanks for the bump to the FP, Buhdy
Crossposted at Daily Kos
Frank Luntz, Republican Strategist: It’s one of the most important points in this entire debate. If you call it a public option the American people are split. If you call it a Government Option than the public is overwhelmingly against it.Sean Hannity, RW Mouthpiece, Fox News Host: You know, that’s a great point. From now on I am going to call it a Government option.
more Fail and Balanced strategery below the fold
Aug 02 2009
Insurance Industry Exec admits Michael Moore was RIGHT about Health Care
Former CIGNA Exec Wendell Potter, says Michael Moore was right!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…
WENDELL POTTER: I thought that he hit the nail on the head with his movie.
But the [Insurance] Industry, from the moment that the Industry learned that Michael Moore was taking on the health care industry, it was really concerned.
BILL MOYERS: What were they afraid of?
WENDELL POTTER: They were afraid that people would believe Michael Moore.
Jul 20 2009
Framing — the Final Frontier
Space:
Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no man has gone before.
Framing:
a frame refers to the way media and media gatekeepers organize and present the events and issues they cover, and the way audiences interpret what they are provided. Frames are abstract notions that serve to organize or structure social meanings. Frames […] not only tells what to think about, but also how to think about it.
May 19 2009
Hoisting Luntz By His Own Petard
A week or so ago, as noted in this story and a few diaries, Frank Luntz, the other side’s wannabe equivalent to George Lakoff (apologies in advance to George, who is sincere in his efforts to make us effective speakers, unlike Dr. Luntz, who is a whore), published a talking points manifesto. It is intended for those who – lacking any actual plan or constructive suggestion regarding healthcare – ceaselessly bloviate on the topic nonetheless, and to suggest how they might successfully torpedo any honest efforts at fixing our healthcare mess. It is essentially a talking points manual for the talking heads of the Party of No on how to kill healthcare reform.
I would love to be searingly derisive of this effort, but there is much that can be learned from it which, no doubt contrary to Dr. Luntz’s intentions, can be used to sabotage the saboteurs. Let me clarify that my healthcare reform may not be your’s. I am a universal single-payer advocate. But it is likely that our mutual truths are informed by this examination and commentary.
Let the fun begin!
(cross posted on the DailyKos)
Nov 03 2008
GOP Pollster: All Over But The Crying?
Frank Luntz has been a GOP pollster for years. For anyone who isn’t familiar with his name, wikipedia describes him as “an American corporate and political consultant and pollster who has worked extensively in shaping talking points and political strategy for Republican candidates. Some of his most recent work has been with the Fox News Channel running focus groups after presidential debates.”
PBS Now with Bill Moyers describes Luntz this way:
Dr. Frank Luntz was named by TIME as one of “50 of America’s most promising leaders aged 40 and under” and he is the “hottest pollster” in America according to the BOSTON GLOBE. Luntz was the winner of the coveted Washington Post “Crystal Ball” award for being the most accurate pundit in 1992. The “Instant Response” focus group technique Frank has pioneered was profiled on 60 MINUTES in 1998.
Luntz has written, supervised, and conducted more than a thousand surveys and focus groups for corporate and public affairs clients in 11 countries since forming The Luntz Research Companies in 1992. In the 2000 election cycle, Luntz conducted almost two-dozen focus groups for MSNBC and CNBC, including live sessions following each night of both party conventions and presidential debates. His reoccurring segments on MSNBC/CNBC, “100 Days, 1000 Voices” won an Emmy Award in 2001. He was a primary night and election night commentator for THE NEWS WITH BRIAN WILLIAMS on MSNBC in 2000 and continue[d] those duties for HARDBALL in 2004.
Love or hate him, if any pundit or pollster claims a good handle on what will happen in Tuesdays election, none are more experienced or better qualified to know what they are talking about than Luntz.
In a RawStory article today Luntz is quoted as saying:
“I cannot foresee a scenario that John McCain is elected the President of the United States”
The RawStory article also includes an audio file of Luntz in a short interview with the BBC: