FRAMESHOP:FRAMESHOP: THE 3 DEM FRAMES ON IRAQ (INTRO)
Once again, Iraq is the single biggest fear Americans have heading into the 2008 Presidential election. Republicans, desperate to hold the White House, will play on this fear by calling Democrats cowards and traitors who dream of humiliating our soldiers...
Once again, Iraq is the single biggest fear Americans have heading into the 2008 Presidential election. Republicans, desperate to hold the White House, will play on this fear by calling Democrats cowards and traitors who dream of humiliating our soldiers and allowing terrorists to destroy America. As such, by November 2008, every American will have heard that Democrats want to kill: Christmas, babies, and our own soldiers. Whether the average voter agrees with that perspective will depend on the alternative presented by the Democrats running for President.
With that in mind, today on Frameshop we discuss the alternatives currently on offer from Democrats who are running--or who probably will be running--for President in 2008.
As usual, Frameshop tries to reduce each view down to a single keyword. In addition--just to make things really clear--Frameshop will suggest that there are only three 'Dem Frames' on Iraq, each of which is primarily associated with a single Presidential candidate, even if there are several candidates who are grouping themselves around this position.
Why we chose to link one name to these positions rather than another has to do with the current dominance of each figure and each frame in the 2008 race.
© 2006 Jeffrey Feldman
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