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To: RJC2006 who wrote (20499)	12/16/1998 3:22:00 PM
From: Machaon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

Bob, Thanks for repeating my note, in your note. Your responses to my points were very ineffective, as usual, except for one, and it helps to make my points. <==================================================================> <<<What will be next? Who will be the next target?>>> God, let's pray it's you! <===================================================================> I got a little chuckle out of that. Thanks for the humor. By the way, get off those praying "kneepads", before someone finds out! <g>

To: RJC2006 who wrote (20499)	12/16/1998 3:53:00 PM
From: Borzou Daragahi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 67261

Due to the overwhelming success of The National Socialist's Democrat Worker's Party Propaganda Journal we will be releasing a revised edition that will include new topics of propaganda. Words like "extremist", "radical" shall be added to describe the enemies of the state! Speaking of branding enemies of the state: The Associated Press September 7, 1990, Friday, AM cycle HEADLINE: Advice to GOP: Call Democrats 'Sick,' 'Pathetic,' 'Liberal' BYLINE: By JOHN DIAMOND, Associated Press Writer DATELINE: WASHINGTON BODY: Attention Republicans: mention "strength," "vision" and "hard work" when talking about yourself. Use "pathetic," "liberal" and "criminal rights" when talking about Democrats. GOPAC, a conservative political action committee, this week is distributing scores of suggested words and phrases that can help GOP candidates burnish their own images and revile their opponents. The Washington-based group, whose general chairman is Rep. Newt Gingrich of Georgia, sent the list and a few helpful hints to some 6,000 Republican officeholders and candidates across the country. Gingrich is not one to ignore his own advice. In an August speech to the Heritage Foundation, Gingrich packed four words from the GOPAC list into just two sentences. The loaded words are indicated in capital letters: "Congress is a broken system. It is increasingly a system of CORRUPTION in which money politics is defeating and driving out CITIZEN politics. Congress is a SICKer and sicker institution in an imperial capital that wallows in the American people's TAX money." Democratic National Committee spokeswoman Ginny Terzano used few words in responding to the GOPAC circular. "While the Democrats are dealing with issues, Republicans are playing Scrabble," she said. The recipients of the GOP list aren't yet running for Congress. But GOPAC hopes they will. "This list is prepared so that you might have a directory of words to use in writing literature and mail, in preparing speeches, and in producing electronic media," GOPAC tells its members in introducing the key words. "The words and phrases are powerful. Read them. Memorize as many as possible. And remember that, like any tool, these words will not help if they are not used." In all, there are 131 selections to choose from. Half are called "positive governing words" that candidates can use to outline their vision of the future and of their own philosophy. They include "flag," "prosperity," "common sense," and "reform." The others are called "contrasting words" that attempt to identify and label the Democratic enemy in terms voters can understand. They include "waste," "corruption," "traitor," and "decay." GOPAC offers a whole host of "anti-" words handy for use against opponents - "anti-flag," "anti-family," "anti-child," "anti-jobs." The word list is the product of months of research by GOPAC staffers in focus groups across the country, according to Gingrich. GOPAC Chairman Howard "Bo" Callaway said the group hopes the vocabulary list, instructional speaking tapes, forums and other programs it offers will help correct a flaw in the political system. Conservatism, he said, is popular, but that isn't being reflected in the results of local elections. Sometimes conservatives lose because they don't use the right buzz words. "Language really does matter - how you say things and the semantics," Callaway said.