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Political Framing

Obama vs. Romney: The Framing Matchup, Round One

George Lakoff | Posted 08.18.2012 | Politics
Read More: Moral Values, Political Framing, Morals, Morality, Framing, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Barack Obama, Politics News
George Lakoff

Where Romney talks morality (conservative style), Obama mainly talks policy. Where Romney reframes Obama, Obama does not reframe Romney. In fact, he reinforces Romney's frames by repeating Romney's language word for word -- without spelling out his own values explicitly.

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The Wisconsin Blues

George Lakoff | Posted 08.12.2012 | Politics
Read More: Wisconsin, Wisconsin Recall, 2012 Election, Scott Walker, Wisconsin Recalls, Political Framing, Elections 2012, Morality, Wisconsin Recall Elections, Politics News
George Lakoff

The Wisconsin recall vote should be put in a larger context. What happened in Wisconsin started well before Scott Walker became governor and will continue as long as progressives let it continue.

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The PolicySpeak Disaster for Health Care

George Lakoff | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Health Care Reform, Political Framing, Obama, Health Care Debate, Public Option, Health Care, Policyspeak, Politics News
George Lakoff

In the Obama campaign, honest, effective framing was used with great success. But in the Obama administration, something has changed. It needs to change back.

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