[lbo-talk] Luntz, wordsmith

Michael Pollak mpollak at panix.com
Sun Mar 20 08:46:16 PST 2005


On Sat, 19 Mar 2005, Doug Henwood wrote:


> Luntz is a fucking genius. The rationale is bullshit, but what'd you expect -
> it's his phrasemaking that's so stunning. "Personalizing" Social Security,
> not privatizing it.

Except that that one hasn't worked at all, has it? At least not yet. Afaics, the only word you see in the media is privatizing. And just like Luntz said (and every other pollster said), people hate it.

Michael



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