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These words and phrases are for everyone; not just our leaders. There are many undecided voters, and if you are reading this you must be an opinion leader. Never repeat the words or phrases Republicans use; always re-frame with yours. Remember facts bounce off effective frames, so ignore their frames and re-frame with yours. Then use facts to reinforce your frames. For instance, if they say: “Don’t tax job creators” you say: “Your businesses use our courts, highways, internet, police , fire, military etc. These things are not free, and if the millionaires don’t pay their fair share of taxes then we either go into debt or the tax burden get shifted to the middle class. They are tax shifters, or tax shirkers, or (better word/phrase needed here).”
Stand up!! Don’t let Grover Norquist, Rush Limbaugh and Glen Beck frame the issues without a fight!
Posted by On the same phrase on September 27, 2011 at 1:28 am
Fakestream media- Media that presents biased opinion as fact.
Posted by On the same phrase on September 27, 2011 at 1:30 am
Reality gap – The difference between the deeply held beliefs of angry conservatives and actual facts based reality.
Posted by On the same phrase on September 27, 2011 at 1:33 am
Right wing nut jobs- I don’t know who coined this but it is a great term.
Posted by On the same phrase on September 27, 2011 at 1:37 am
The new know nothings- The ascending wing of the Republican Party that ridicules intellectuals and believes that when the facts contradict their beliefs the facts must be wrong.
Posted by On the same phrase on October 2, 2011 at 7:27 pm
Corporate welfare – An old phrase, use it often
Posted by On the same phrase on October 8, 2011 at 8:50 pm
Corputopia – The present political situation after the Supreme Court decision allowing unlimited secret funding by corporations of elections.
Posted by On the same phrase on October 22, 2011 at 6:34 pm
Tax slackers – those that have profited greatly from our tax investments such as courts, roads, and defense but don’t want to pay their fair share of taxes.
Posted by leftofche on October 23, 2011 at 5:15 pm
Prosperity Through Peace… isn’t new but needs to be used.
Posted by Adam Wilder on October 23, 2011 at 6:56 pm
“Mass flow up economics” To counter the utterly false notion of “trickle down economics” that is used to justify giving money to those who already have it in the hopes that it will eventually trickle down to those who really need it. When you give someone or a company money, they can hold onto a large percentage of it because they can. If you gave that money to poor or struggling people and businesses they would spend all of it because they have to. This way %100 of the investment will be used to jump start our economy. People will spend, demand will rise and jobs will be created to fill this demand.
Posted by Randy m on October 23, 2011 at 7:39 pm
The “Tea Klux Klan” to describe the racist policies of the tea party.
Posted by Marc Zeiger-Guerra on October 23, 2011 at 10:26 pm
Fantasy Journalism – Media that presents blatant propaganda as news.
Posted by Marc Zeiger-Guerra on October 23, 2011 at 10:31 pm
Forgetful Economics : Believing that the economy was perfect when Bush was President and that the economy only collapsed the day President Obama took office.
Posted by Marc Zeiger-Guerra on October 23, 2011 at 10:32 pm
Party First, Country Second Republicans: The belief that every Republican policy is right; and when presented with facts that contradict those beliefs they ignore or discredit those facts.
Posted by Marc Zeiger-Guerra on October 23, 2011 at 10:33 pm
Death Penality Abortionists: Those who believe their party is the party of God; yet mock “bleeding heart liberals”, are for the death penalty, and support preventative war.
Posted by Randy m on October 24, 2011 at 2:58 am
Unfortunatly it’s not forgetfull economics, it’s organized crime’s lies
Posted by Stuart Zeiger on October 24, 2011 at 8:31 pm
Replace “tax and spend” (how THEY describe US) with:
“Democrats tax fairly and invest … while Republicans borrow wildly and waste/embezzle”
Posted by Jay on October 25, 2011 at 2:24 am
Double-payers: Those in favor of tax credits for big oil.
Posted by Jay on October 25, 2011 at 2:29 am
Extremephants: A better word to describe Republican extremists.
Posted by On the same phrase on October 25, 2011 at 12:11 pm
Blood Libel Birthers: People who spread lies that may be used as an excuse for violence against a group or individual.
Posted by Randy m on October 25, 2011 at 4:23 pm
All too true
Posted by Stuart Zeiger on October 26, 2011 at 1:58 pm
The Right is wrong….The Left is correct.
Posted by Stuart Zeiger on October 26, 2011 at 1:59 pm
In the Marketplace of Ideas:
The Rights has horrible ideas, but fantastic marketing!
Posted by On the same phrase on October 27, 2011 at 4:09 pm
Corpocracy – Our current political system, large corporations choose the candidates for office and the citizens vote for them.
Posted by Randy m on October 27, 2011 at 6:57 pm
YES! that is a keeper, of the truth
Posted by DBALLI on October 28, 2011 at 4:58 pm
The Republican Party; The Party of Death, Debt, and the Destruction of the Middle Class.
Posted by DBALLI on October 28, 2011 at 5:47 pm
Two wars in which million have died, doubled the debt and destroyed 25 million jobs.
Posted by On the same phrase on October 30, 2011 at 6:59 pm
Too big to bail – the assets of the top six banks now equal 63 percent of U.S. Gross Domestic Product, up from just 17 percent in 1995. Re-institute the Glass Steagall Act.
Posted by On the same phrase on November 5, 2011 at 6:15 pm
De-fund, De-staff, and Demoralize. Republicans method of de-regulating without actually having to change regulations. .
Posted by On the same phrase on November 5, 2011 at 9:58 pm
LOCO ECONOMICS – Cutting the disposable income of the poorest Americans during the worst recession since the 1930’s and not expecting it to result in a double dip recession.
Posted by On the same phrase on December 8, 2011 at 2:55 pm
Middleclassectomy – The results of Republican’s tax policies.
Posted by On the same phrase on February 2, 2012 at 11:15 pm
Middleclassectomy The aggregate result of greater worker productivity, outsourcing & downsizing, no one with jobs left to buy products. .
Posted by On the same phrase on December 14, 2011 at 5:03 pm
Gridlock Newt. The father of Gridlock in Washington
Posted by On the same phrase on December 14, 2011 at 5:05 pm
Bush Bank Bailouts – Always refer to the big bank bailouts that happened during the Bush Administration.
Posted by On the same phrase on December 14, 2011 at 5:07 pm
Voter Suppression Laws: Eric Holder quote describing Republican efforts to disenfranchise Democratic leaning voters.
Posted by On the same phrase on December 19, 2011 at 6:02 pm
Merchants of Hate – Those that profit, financially and politically, by dividing Americans and scapegoating groups.
Posted by On the same phrase on December 21, 2011 at 6:07 pm
Ron Paul Racists – Conservatives that think being racist is a good political strategy.
Posted by On the same phrase on January 8, 2012 at 1:44 pm
The Great Recession: The Republican’s narrative is to re-write history by pretending that all of our current economic problems began the day Obama was inaugurated. Use “The Great Recession” as often as possible to remind voters that our economic woes began before Obama was elected president. For example: The unemployment rate or housing starts or consumer confidence etc. is better than at any time since The Great Recession.
Posted by On the same phrase on January 18, 2012 at 1:46 pm
15% Mitt. Mitt Romney tax rate with a net worth of 202 million (CNN money).
Posted by Randy m on January 19, 2012 at 7:54 am
Create a “Nutt Scumbly Tax Rate” for mega millionaires at 50% on ALL income over $200,000
Posted by On the same phrase on January 20, 2012 at 8:07 pm
Zero Republicans – Republicans that refuse their own Social Security and Medicare benefits because they are entitlements and socialist in nature.
Posted by On the same phrase on January 23, 2012 at 1:23 pm
Big Lie Strategy – Republican strategy of creating a lie and repeating it until many people come to believe it.
Posted by On the same phrase on January 24, 2012 at 5:56 pm
The Sheriffs of Nuttingham. Local sheriffs who want to make their own personal tea party militia.
Posted by On the same phrase on January 25, 2012 at 5:57 pm
“Job Creamator not a job creator” Calling Romney TWU President James Little
Posted by realnutraceuticals on January 25, 2012 at 6:30 pm
The Republican Party: The party of War, Debt, Spending and Torture.
Posted by On the same phrase on January 25, 2012 at 7:36 pm
“The Fairness Doctrine” Obama laid out his economic message headline
from The American Prospect
Posted by st pete terry on January 26, 2012 at 2:46 am
pandering to the Debased
Posted by st pete terry on January 26, 2012 at 2:47 am
No Newts is good Newts
Posted by On the same phrase on January 26, 2012 at 1:33 pm
GOP 2012 – Suppressing minority voters to steal the election, again.
Posted by On the same phrase on January 30, 2012 at 7:35 pm
Republicons: Republicans with strongly held extreme views and beliefs, that are based in ignorance and unsupported by facts .
Posted by On the same phrase on February 1, 2012 at 9:57 pm
Swiss Mitt and Caymans too, when 15% just won’t do: Repeat at every Obama rally until election
Posted by On the same phrase on February 4, 2012 at 6:00 pm
Pro middle class tax policies: re-frames the debate, favoring the 1% shifts the burden to the middle class.
Posted by On the same phrase on February 11, 2012 at 12:02 pm
GOP: misinformed citizens are our best supporters. WMDs in Iraq in ‘04, Obama is a socialist in 2012.
Posted by On the same phrase on February 13, 2012 at 6:10 pm
Knee Jerk Tax Cut – GOP answer to everything.
Posted by On the same phrase on February 13, 2012 at 7:16 pm
Corpopaths: Corporations that pay no tax on profits, outsource jobs, pollute, lie, break unions and generally act like psychopaths
Posted by Mike Cook on March 24, 2012 at 9:34 pm
“corpeople punishment”: what should happen to a corporation (defined as people by the Supreme Court) when they commit a crime.
Posted by Randy m on March 30, 2012 at 5:44 am
LOVE IT!! You nailed it on the head
Posted by On the same phrase on May 4, 2012 at 5:40 pm
Fanaticons: “Conservatives” that are willing to do anything to destroy the Democrats no matter how much harm they do to the country in the process.
Posted by On the same phrase on September 29, 2012 at 12:02 am
Wealthcare: GOP welfare for millionaires