Thursday, February 26, 2009

Lakoff on the Obama Code

George Lakoff analyzes how President Obama is helping the American public see that progressive values are American values. It's well worth a look:

The Obama Code

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I love these lines from the summary at the end:

The radical conservatives are aware that this economic crisis threatens not only their political support, but the very underpinnings of conservative ideology itself. Nonetheless, their brains have not been changed by facts.

Exhibit A would be Gov. Jindal's response to Pres. Obama's recent address. David Brooks used words like "insane," "a disaster," and "nihilism" when asked what he thought of the response.