Guru Frank Luntz's HILARIOUS Failure

[kpete]

Positively hilarious Frank Luntz fail - truly priceless
by Eclectablog

Wed Feb 03, 2010 at 05:16:43 AM PST

This is brilliant. Republican Message Guru Frank Luntz recently sent out a memo to Republicans giving them his assessment of how they should best combat Financial Reform legislation that is being pushed by the Obama administration along with numerous Democrats.

Here's the FAIL: On page 14 of the memo Luntz shows an example picture of a happy couple in front of their new small business with a giant "GRAND OPENING" sign over the storefront. According to Politico, he has this to say:

"The most popular images of small business owners both projected optimism with signs saying 'grand opening' or 'open.'"

Who's in the picture? Solid Democrat Mark Schauer (MI-07) and his wife.


Awesome.

That's right -- in his directive to Republicans telling them they should put a personal face on small businesses and specifically feature "grand opening" photos, he used a picture of my very own member of Congress, Mark Schauer. To make matters worse stole the picture from Schauer's campaign website.

Funny thing is, Congressman Mark Schauer is in strong support of the financial reforms that the Obama administration is pushing.

more:
http://www.eclectablog.com/2010/02/positively-hilarious-example-of-serious.html

[Berry Cool]

1. The photo even looks faked or Photoshopped.

Look at the signage on the store. The "My Style Your Style" looks like a real lighting sign, but the part that says "New & Recycled Fashions" looks like type superimposed on the storefront by Photoshop.

Maybe it's not, but it looks like it to me.

[roguevalley]

8. cute couple. he is a man who is 100% with obama and a dem pol. what a loser

luntz is.

[gratuitous]

2. Isn't it nice to know that none of Luntz's platforms will mention this?

Frank Luntz, who screws up regularly, never loses a scintilla of credibility, no matter how odious his pronouncement, how hideously wrong his prognostications, or how repugnant his political philosophy. He still gets invited onto all kinds of shows to purr out his poison and bile, and the real world consequences are never, ever mentioned.

This will disappear down the memory hole, including his pilferage of a photo that doesn't belong to him without paying any royalties.

[newtothegame]

3. How is this a failure at all?

Shrug? I don't see how this changes his objectives at all.

[blondeatlast]

5. "...stole the picture from Schauer's campaign website." nt

[tanyev]

4. Fact-checking? We don't need no stinking fact-checking!

[tabbycat31]

6. the "new and recycled fashions"

make it sound like a thrift store. Now I have nothing against thrift stores (in fact I'm heading to one today with a bag of "fat" clothes) but in a recession if you're trying to convince people that small businesses are doing well, I think a thrift store sends the wrong message.

[blondeatlast]

7. Sweet! I've loathed Flutz for nearly 20 years. And big congrats to Ms. and Rep Schauer! nt