Monday, December 13, 2010

When Frank Luntz Rules Your Brain: Boehner Programmed Not To Say "Compromise"

  • Boehner: We have to govern. That's what we were elected to do.
  • Stahl: But governing means compromising.
  • Boehner: It means working together.
  • Stahl: It also means compromising.
  • Boehner: It means finding common ground.
  • Stahl: Okay, is that compromising?
  • Boehner: I made it clear I am not gonna compromise on my principles, nor am I gonna compromise...
  • Stahl: What are you saying?
  • Boehner: ...the will of the American people.
  • Stahl: You're saying, "I want common ground, but I'm not gonna compromise." I don't understand that. I really don't.
  • Boehner: When you say the word "compromise," a lot of Americans look up and go, "Uh-oh, they're gonna sell me out." And so finding common ground, I think, makes more sense.
  • Conservatives are robots. Built without empathy, run on greed.

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