The Washington Times: Words and phrases no Republican should use

First of two parts

You have to hand it to the radical left and their parrots in the media and academia. They give Madison Avenue a run for its money when it comes to marketing their agenda. In fact, they probably have a bunch of “Mad Men” types helping them. They’re so good at controlling language and discourse that many Republicans and conservatives irrationally adopt the left’s lexicon. They do this even though these words and phrases are meant to sanitize and obscure the truth, and sucker people into believing that extremism is mere happy talk.

This lack of discipline among Republicans has contributed to the utter failure of the right to win the biggest cultural and policy battles of the last 50 years. Here are just a few. More next week.

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