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2. Excellent point! Seriously, see if you can email him or even the WH and just put it in the

Reply to jtuck004 (Original post)

Tue Apr 3, 2012, 05:29 PM

Apr 2012

subject line like "Carney/Dems need to use "Earned Benefits" instead of 'Entitlements'!

I've long said we need our own Frank Luntz! They get their terms out there and hammer them home until they become part of the lexicon and we're ALL saying things like "energy exploration" instead of "drilling for oil".

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The White House Press Secretary should use the term Earned Benefits. [View all] jtuck004 Apr 2012 OP

That is a great point. Something about Carney, too. He just strikes Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2012 #1

Excellent point! Seriously, see if you can email him or even the WH and just put it in the gateley Apr 2012 #2

democrats on the whole are incompetent at framing, unlike their opponents nt msongs Apr 2012 #3

Funny that they are all so incompetent at framing. Being politicians, you know. HiPointDem Apr 2012 #6

Earned benefits...so true. MissMarple Apr 2012 #4

Kick glinda Apr 2012 #5

Yes, and the fact he called them "entitlements" is disturbing. Scuba Apr 2012 #7

Shouldn't this be common sense? senseandsensibility Apr 2012 #8