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Posted at 2:02pm on Oct. 26, 2007 The Dems want better propagandists
Neil Abercrombie's Dave Helfert nominates himself
By Mark Kilmer
Dave Helfert, the communications guy for Hawaii Democrat Representative Neil Abercombie, thinks the Dems are doing a lousy job on the euphemistic propaganda front, so he sent out a lengthy attachment to House Dem staffers criticizing them. The Hill newspaper The Hill speculated that because the missive was a lengthy attachment unreadable on BlackBerries, no one read it.
Republicans have done a better job by developing poll data into focus group-tested messages like “culture of life” and “defending marriage,” along with attacks like “cut and run” and “plan for surrender” in Iraq, he argued.
In particular, Helfert points to Republican pollster Frank Luntz, who helped develop the 1994 “Contract with America” and is credited with helping Republicans come up with terms for polices like “Healthy Forests” and “Death Tax.”
“Republicans have been kicking our rhetorical butt since about 1995,” Helfert wrote.
He wants to call SCHIP: a "Healthy Kids" plan. It's too late. As the GOP has said, "Let's put needy children first." It sounds agreeable.
Not shrill.
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