The health care reform debate engenders what attorneys call a “parade of hypotheticals”. If Congress passes x, then y will happen. In a departure from conjecture and hypothesis, I share some empirical evidence from Capital Words, which tracks word frequency in the Congressional Record.
Paul Blumenthal, at Sunlight Foundation, connects increased word frequency with selected phrases highlighted in a Strategy Memo by Republican pollster Frank Luntz. Luntz encouraged Congressional Republicans to use these terms to frame the health care debate and defeat reform.
Curiously, “Obstruction”, ”Obstination” and “Obfuscation” were not highlighted in the Memo.
- SF
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Anonymous // July 17, 2009 at 12:21 pm |
Is there a way to find out how much money is pouring into Washington to fight health care legislation? Instinctively, you’d think it’d be enough to fund SEVERAL election cycles. If you google the health care panel’s bill, the preponderant results are from the negative side of the street. Surprised?
disinter // July 18, 2009 at 2:17 am |
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