Campaign Rhetoric

Join Ray Suarez and noted linguistics professor George Lakoff for a discussion of campaign rhetoric and ideals. In his latest book, Lakoff points out that American politics in the last decade has been dominated by symbols of morality and family, and that Conservative politicians have utilized these images in much more effective ways than their Liberal counterparts. A look at the importance of symbolism in public speaking, on the next Talk of the Nation. Guests: George Lakoff Professor of Linguistics and Cognitive Science University of California at Berkeley Author Moral Politics: What Conservatives Know That Liberals Don't (University of Chicago Press: 1996) Washington, D.C. John Spalter Speech writer Vice President Albert Gore's Office Washington, D.C. Listeners call in