WE all have heard all the vile coming out of Washington….the name calling, the personal attacks and all the playing loose with facts….but where did it come from?
The truth is that most all presidential races have had some form of negativity about them since the beginning, well not with Washington because he was next to God after the War, but from then on political opponents have used all sorts of tricks and lies to try and sway people’s opinion and vote….but nowhere that I can recall in all my historical readings and studies has a Congress been so vile to its opponents…..maybe in a local election but Washington was for the most part a bi-partisan approach to government….
If that is true, then where did all this vile originate?
Most of it can be tracked back to 1994 in a memo entitled, “Language: A Key Mechanism Of Control” (FOX sure knows how to use this information)…..and you may not know it but that memo was sent out by one, Rep. Newt Gingrich! The memo was sent out to illustrate the words to be used when describing GOP opponents, Democrats.
Words that were instructed to be used to describe Dem policies and politicians were……decay, failure (fail), collapse(ing), deeper, crisis, urgent(cy), destructive, destroy, sick, pathetic, lie, liberal, they/them, unionized bureaucracy, “compassion” is not enough, betray, consequences, limit(s), shallow, traitors, sensationalists, endanger, coercion, hypocrisy, radical, threaten, devour, waste, corruption, incompetent, permissive attitudes, destructive, impose, self-serving, greed, ideological, insecure, anti-(issue): flag, family, child, jobs, pessimistic, excuses, intolerant, stagnation, welfare, corrupt, selfish, insensitive, status quo, mandate(s), taxes, spend(ing), shame, disgrace, punish (poor…), bizarre, cynicism, cheat, steal, abuse of power, machine, bosses, obsolete, criminal rights, red tape, patronage…….
Take a second look at the words…..do any of them sound familiar to the descriptions that Repubs are using today?
Give due where due is due (too many uses of the word “due”)……..the GOP frontrunner (that is today), Newt Gingrich has given us the vile language of today’s grid lock in Washington…Thanx Newt….Thanx for NOTHING! Repubs need to stop bitching their leaders started the whole damn thing……