false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173100347m/245779.jpg 245779 2 A captivating and outraged account of "The Great Relabeling" of American language and thought, by the well-known "Fresh Air" commentator and author of <I>Going Nucular</I> <P> Geoffrey Nunberg breaks new ground with this fierce and funny narrative of how the political right has ushered in a new world order, aided unwittingly by the liberal media.<P> Democrats are well known for their "lousy bumper stickers," as Joe Klein puts it. As liberals wade through the semantics of "social security lockbox," "single payer," and other wonky locutions, the right has become harder, meaner and better at getting out the message: the estate tax became the more menacing "death tax" and a contentious education initiative was wrapped in the comforting (and memorable) blanket of "No Child Left Behind." <P> But Nunberg shows that the real story is more subtle than just a bumper sticker war. Conservatives' main goal wasn't to win voters over to their positions on healthcare, education, or the environment. They had a much more dramatic ambition. By changing the meaning of words like "values," "government," "liberal"; "faith," and "freedom," conservatives have shifted the political center of gravity of the language itself to the right. "Whatever our politics," Nunberg observes, "when we talk about politics nowadays, we can't help using language that embodies a conservative world-view." 238133 3 7 2006 Talking Right: How Conservatives Turned Liberalism into a Tax-Raising, Latte-Drinking, Sushi-Eating, Volvo-Driving, New York Times-Reading, Body-Piercing, Hollywood-Loving, Left-Wing Freak Show total:85|5:12|4:45|3:21|2:7|1:0| 85 317 181 14 4 3 false false Fri Jan 02 07:10:57 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 03:39:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Aug 05 12:32:47 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 05 12:32:53 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 01 11:26:48 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 26 10:23:10 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Nov 04 13:24:20 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 04 13:37:28 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jun 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 18 11:51:26 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 05:56:49 -0700 2008 Fresh Air and the New York Times. This book is a more extensive essay on the role that certain words, vague in meaning but rich in emotional connotation, have played in the ascendancy of American politi...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Dec 20 20:58:16 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 20:58:38 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 05 15:48:16 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 05 15:56:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Aug 19 15:29:01 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 15:31:57 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 true false Tue Jan 13 11:32:52 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 11:35:54 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Aug 01 10:48:34 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 01 10:50:17 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 04 20:34:20 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 07 17:40:10 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 04 10:16:48 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 11 18:33:12 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Feb 02 09:08:09 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 02 09:08:55 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 17 06:14:55 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 17 06:15:11 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Mon Nov 02 17:21:49 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 17:21:49 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 31 14:55:30 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 14:55:30 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Oct 10 12:49:05 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 12:49:05 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Sep 23 19:49:21 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 20:02:36 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Oct 03 09:37:27 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 15:49:34 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 09:37:27 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Aug 27 22:35:19 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 22:35:19 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=245779