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Check out George Lakoff's article on how Republicans frame issues like a strict and controlling father. Scroll down to the section called The Strict Father Family to see what I mean.

John Kerry was in Seattle yesterday. John, don't let the Republicans out market you. Take George Lakoff's advice:

"Reframing is telling the truth as we see it -- telling it forcefully, straightforwardly and articulately, with moral conviction and without hesitation."

Don't let Republicans use bogus phrases like tax relief. Remind the people that taxes are the price you pay to live in a civilized country. As George Lakoff says:

"The more wealth you accumulate using what the dues payers have provided, the greater the debt you owe to those who have made your wealth possible. That is the logic of progressive taxation."

All I can say about this great article is, "Yo, what he said."