Summary:
A long discussion of how Lakoff, who is venerated in liberal circles, manages their messaging for them.
Comment:
I'd really like to read the whole thing, but time is short. So much to do, so little time.
The main reason I was interested in it was Obama's claim not to be ideological. Could this book be part of the strategy in action that allows for such a ludicrous claim as that to be made? To deny the obvious?
Update:
Managed to squeeze in an entire read. Now for a quick quote, which I think is a doozy, and hits the nail right on the head:
The book’s real underlying message is this: We liberals are morally superior to our nasty and small-minded opponents; if everyone could just see what was in our hearts, we’d be more popular than those mean old conservatives.Bingo! They'll actually say that too, and will feel outrage if you don't recognize how horrible you are if you are a conservative. All very, very true.
That is the conceptual frame Lakoff embeds in The Little Blue Book: We’re better than you. Progressives can position it carefully on their coffee tables and feel righteous.
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