Well, one Republican, anyway. Yesterday, I received a fundraising letter from Senator Gordon Smith (republican). This short letter (22 paragraphs, many of them consisting of only one sentence) contains:<\/p>\n
13<\/strong> mentions of the word “tax” and variations (taxes, taxed, etc), three in a bold font. (The only other thing that gets a bold font is a request that I send Mr. Smith some money).<\/p>\n 12<\/strong> mentions of “border,” “immigrants,” or variations on those words.<\/p>\n 1<\/strong> mention of the word “terrorism” (in the context of immigration).<\/p>\n Zero <\/strong>mentions of the words “Iraq,” “Iran,” “Afghanistan,” “Middle East,” etc..<\/p>\n Zero <\/strong>mentions of the words “Bush” or “President.”<\/p>\n [Crossposted on Creative Destruction<\/a>, where moderation is looser.]<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Well, one Republican, anyway. Yesterday, I received a fundraising letter from Senator Gordon Smith (republican). This short letter (22 paragraphs, many of them consisting of only one sentence) contains: 13 mentions of the word “tax” and variations (taxes, taxed, etc), … Continue reading