Why is Frank Luntz advising Democrats?

[phantom power]

There you have it. The GOP messaging expert is advising both parties. No wonder everyone is selling conservative tropes and propaganda and nobody even knows what liberalism really is.

Ask yourself why in the world the Democrats would be interested in Frank Luntz's advice now of all times. Do they really think he is better at this than say ... the Obama campaign? That the Republican success of the past four years is so impressive that they need to emulate it? I honestly don't know. But I do know that Frank Luntz is a conservative true believer who helped Newt Gingrich engineer the Republican revolution in the 90s and he has not changed. He has been reprimanded by his professional peers and has been caught rigging his focus groups. If you want to help Republicans by any means necessary, this is the guy you'd call.

The question is why Democrats are inviting him to advise them on how to use his patented fraudulent conservative propaganda and methods? You wouldn't be crazy to wonder if they may just share his goals.

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/sleeping-with-enemy-by-digby-in-case.html

[Pisces]

1. He advises whoever pays him.

[phantom power]

3. No doubt. I think the main question is "Why are Dems paying him?"

[ColbertWatcher]

4. That would be my question, too. n/t

[phaseolus]

2. from the article -

"He talked about words, and words matter, and how important it is how you portray what it is you're doing."

Off the top of my head, the names George Lakoff and Geoffrey Nunberg come to mind, non-rightwing brainy linguists, both of whom are perfectly capable of delivering a message about what words can do. Both of them have written extensively on subjects of interest to leaders trying to craft a message...

[Winterblues]

5. From a political aspect Republicans have done very well the last decade.

From a policy aspect though they have failed miserably. They do not know how to govern but they sure know how to twist words, LIE, and campaign...Luntz is an expert in that regard..