Frank Luntz, GOP doublespeak wordsmith, has caught Obama fever

[ProfessorPlum]

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[MADem]

1. What a riot--there's a MCCAIN AD, for all intents and purposes, on the frigging SET.

So Fox, too, is thirsting for the Obama-McCain matchup....

[MidwestTransplant]

2. I am sure Frank had a talking to upstairs after that outburst.

[Zambero]

5. Frank must be getting tired of trumpeting Fox's propaganda

"Yeah, but it's just 20,000 Democrats at those rallies". Non-entities I presume? It's moments like this when Hannity's role as a GOP shill are fully exposed. Luntz may also be a Republican per se, but as a pollster who employs anaytical methods he apparently sees significance in how Obama is connecting with the electorate, in the context of his fulfilling the "American Dream" -- rising to where he is today against tremendous odds.

[eagertolearn]

3. I don't hate that many people but I just have to say it....

I really can't stand Hannity! I hear him speak it just brings out the worst in me. Good for Frank Luntz for telling him how it really is! But Hannity is so dense he won't get it.

[libodem]

7. Hi, Eager

Welcome to DU. I'm sure with you on that. Most of these pundits are scum and make me wild with impotent fury. It's a one way conversation without any honest exchange. We are preached to from the TV set by these unscrupulous hacks. It leaves me boiling over and with no where to spew except DU.. This board is my vent space and has saved what is left of my mental health. I don't start many posts but yesterday I heard Dr Laura saying in a happy voice that she was 'all FOR torture'. I ran screaming to DU like a hurt child to her mother. And I was comforted. Except for my wise compatriots who asked why are you torturing your self to listen to such horrible stuff. They were correct to be concerned as I would be for them. I'm still seething from Mr Bushwhacked lies this morning as he begged for more money to tear up and dominate, Iraq.

[curiousdemo]

9. I wish someone will bring up his association with Hal Turner,

the notorious Neo-Nazi. After the brother embarrassed him on National Television that night, the next few days he somewhat chill on the Rev. Wright controversy. After a week had passed, he was back on the Rev. Wright talk. He is a born racist, and Fox Noise viewers are so gullible.

[butterfly77]

11. Oh, Hannity gets it alright...

he named everything that had nothing to do with what Obama was saying. He uses his buzzwords to trigger his base or haters..

[underpants]

4. Luntz

First- flags are a new idea? Has this guy seen a single image of W not completely surrounded by flags and/or military? Is he unaware of his own side's stupid "flag pin" talking points"

Second-all Colmes points out there is nothing remotely "unAmerican" in what Obama says but gee thanks for telling us it is okay there Frank.

Lastly-this master of words this one who can teach almost anyone to give a good speech (look out junior college communication departments) states the Reagan ran against Clinton in 1980???

Genius!!! Hire the guy right now!!!!

[ToughLuck]

6. LOL Sean must have been livid!!! Go Frank!!!

[jhrobbins]

12. Wow - I used to really not like Frank, but I'm gonna give him the

benefit of the doubt now - especially when he stood up to the points that Hannity was trying to make.



I must say that it is somewhat disarming that this conservative agent is willing to be more fair to an individual from completely across the aisle than many of us are willing to give a candidate of our own party the same deal.

[MarinCoUSA]

8. Thanks for the post BUT DO NOT TRUST FRANK LUNTZ. EVER!

When his lips are moving he is spinning. Period! Luntz is a master of the Gingrich/Rove technique of inoculating with praising before thrusting the shiv. In fact, only Hally Barber, the former RNC Chair, turned gambling lobbyist, turned Gov of Mississippi is as smooth a bamboozler as Luntz.

Since I didn't see the whole show I didn't catch the thrust of the shiv. Since I think the repukes have decided on the race card (Obama is unknown, different, foreign and deep inside he's angry and Black, therefore Obama will lead a slave revolt and murder all the white folk at night in their beds) I would guess that that was shiv in Luntz's sleeve. But actually, Luntz didn't even have to trust the shiv because fascist-pig Hannity was doing the trusting and Luntz could just sit there without a word and not get his hands dirty.

[garthranzz]

10. I just listened to Sean Hannity for more than 10 seconds - ooh-cooties!

Where's the vaccine? The disinfectant? The blowtorch for the blowhard?

Sean, do you ever have anything intelligent to say? Sean, your family must hate you - all these vile ad hominems, these vicious innuendos?

Sean, do you have an Ann Coultergeist fetish?

I feel sick.

[Apollo11]

13. Last week Luntz forecast that Obama will be the next President

Luntz was a guest on BBC TV - "This Week" - a political show on BBC1 in England.

He said that McCain cannot win against Obama because of their 20-year age difference.

Basically, he thinks that McCain is too old for the job, and most voters will prefer a younger more optimistic, future-oriented candidate like Barack Obama.