You say progressive, I say irrelevant

Link: GOP RHETORIC / Bush puts his own spin on 'freedom' / Left's mainstay word recast in economic terms, analyst says.

"Rather, they argue the details," Lakoff said. "As soon as progressives argue the details, conservatives come back and argue their own details, and nobody knows the difference. And as soon as you get into the technical details, the liberals lose. Because the other guys are arguing values."

emp. mine.

(Hat tip to Paul at Wizbang)

Without meaning to, UC Berkley's Prof of linquistics George Lakoff, sums it up.

Bill Whalen, of Stanford's Hoover Institution, also 'gets it'

When Bush said, "By making every citizen an agent of his or her own destiny, we will give our fellow Americans greater freedom from want and fear, " Whalen said, he was espousing the conservative ideal of the self-made person who doesn't need a government handout.

"He's essentially using it to say the days of New Deal policies (of government assistance) are over," said Whalen, who worked on George H.W. Bush's unsuccessful 1992 presidential campaign.

Maybe, after I sleep and watch the nerd shows on TV tonight, I'll come back and comment/analyze, that is, do more than Reynolds this. :)

Say it with me boys and girls... Indeed