"Adjusting" Republican Language

       Jon Stewart  did his comic/critical job this evening taking to task the new linguistic approach of Republicans trying to regain momentum lost in the 2012 election.

       Resident language expert and GOP advisor Frank Luntz said all Republicans have to do is change the "language errors" and make "adjustments."   Don't call for "smaller government" but for "more effective and efficient government."  Don't call for "controlling growth of Medicare and Social Security"; say "save and strengthen entitlements."

       In other words, you may want to hack government down to a barely noticeable entity and slice social programs a breath short of disappearance, but just sound like you're for improving and rescuing them!

       So it's Orwellian, even if not as blatant as "Freedom is Slavery."