[lbo-talk] Democrat Socialists

[Michael Perelman]

I am surprised how effective the Repugs have been in rebranding their 
sister party. A few weeks ago, Amy Goodman used this term.

On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 06:42:33AM -0400, Max B. Sawicky wrote:
> I believe 'Democrat' was the term of art employed by the late Senator
> Joe McCarthy.
> 
> Frank Luntz did some focus grouping back in the early 90s, I think,
> that
> showed people had less positive associations with "Democrat" than
> "Democratic." Newt Gingrich took this and a bunch of other findings
> from the
> lab and sent out a memo; the rest, like the Republican Party itself,
> is
> history.
> ___________________________________

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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
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