CPAC 2008 and other thoughts on the Right Wing Hate Culture. (Plus 4 Highly Recomended books)

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Just before I was about to turn in for the night, I decided to look up what the opposition was doing. Among the many organizations to choose from I decided to look at the Young Americans Foundation website. The First thing that caught my eye was the strong presence of Red White and Blue on the Advertisement for the upcoming CPAC convention. Now this sort of thing would not have interested me much had it not been for infamous Conservative Political Hate Columnist Michelle Malklin gracing the advertisement advertising a lunch in with her. This made me smirk a bit. Lunch with a prominent figure of the Conservative Hate Culture (look it up on urbandictionary.com). All the thing a person could talk to hear about. I wonder if she is snobby off the set of Fox News... Alas I digress from this topic...

Next on my mind politically is Political Books.
Yes I can't stress this enough.
There are some really great books out there for Liberals/Progressives.

Among them are 4 books by the Great Author George Lakoff.
This man is a genius worth listening to. He and the Rock Ridge Institute have come out with some great Strategies to help us better communicate or ideals through the Form of Moral Values. Now don't be afraid to turned off by the word moral values because it has a lot to do with winning the heart of America. In particular learning how Frame a debate or conversation without falling into the trap of
using Conservative Words like (PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!). Also he does a great job of telling use how to understand the conservative view point. Heave forbid!!! lol
It important that we understand their view point because, how else can we counter their attack on the Foundation of America. With that being said here are the Four books I Highly Recommend to you.
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1.) Don't Think of an Elephant!
Know Your Values and Frame the Debate
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2.)Whose Freedom?
The Battle over America's Most Important Idea
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3.)Moral Politics
How Liberals and Conservatives Think
A fresh look at how we think and talk about political and moral ideas.
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4.)George Lakoff and the Rockridge Institute:
Thinking Points
Communicating our American Values and Vision -- A Progressives Handbook

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Please check out these books and check out the Rockridge Institutes's website

http://www.rockridgeinstitute.org/