Maybe (wink,wink) this is why some people like Newt.
Everybody throws words around and especially in a heated arguement, those words can get nasty at times.
And politics is not the exception - it is THE rule when it comes to hot button words.
But on a National level and from a (then) leader of the Republican Party, AND in a memo - not just using but encouraging the use of especially this word - 'traitor' - is wrong on any level.
'Language: A Key Mechanism of Control'
'Newt Gingrich's 1996 GOPAC memo'
'As you know, one of the key points in the GOPAC tapes is that "language matters."
' But, we believe that you could have a significant impact on your campaign and the way you communicate if we help a little. That is why we have created this list of words and phrases'.
'Often we search hard for words to define our opponents. Sometimes we are hesitant to use contrast. Remember that creating a difference helps you. These are powerful words that can create a clear and easily understood contrast. Apply these to the opponent, their record, proposals and their party'.
anti- (issue): flag, family, child, jobs
cheat
corrupt
corruption
disgrace
failure (fail)
hypocrisy
ideological
liberal
lie
mandate(s)
pathetic
radical
sensationalists
sick
traitors
waste
welfare
From : http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4443.htm
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