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                            EXTREME  WEATHER  SWAT  TEAM?

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A decade ago, lobbyist, White House Chief of Staff and Hillary Clinton Campaign Manager John Podesta set the stage for Vivek Ramaswamy by hiring the damage control lobbying firm dubbed the Masters of Disaster to reframe the "Dialectic" of climate politics as a 
     " TROGLODYTE NARRATIVE "
  THAT BRANDS AS A "SOCIAL MISANTHROPE"
 ANYONE CRITICIZING HIS AGENDA 


"From: christopherlehane@sbcglobal.net  
To: john.podesta@gmail.com  
Date: 2014-01-28 14:37 Subject: Follow-up    

Per your request, attached is a memorandum outlining a possible unifying approach for the Administration when it comes to climate…
 
the specific material requested(a range of so-called "frames"...to provide some strategic thinking on the politics of climate... 

Best,      
Christopher Lehane

CLIMATE: A  UNIFYING  THEORY  TO THE CASE

OVERVIEW  
Thank you for asking us to share some ideas for a holistic approach to climate. Per your direction, the goal is to unify policy, politics, and communications ...

The unifying theory is best expressed by this basic principle: 
If the effort to change public opinion on climate change is animated by the same one-off policies and practices that are employed to change public opinion on most other policy issues, then defeat is inevitable...

To achieve victory, we must treat climate change as... a true political social movement to create change... Fully leveraging ... Biblical superstorms, extreme droughts, and historic wildfires...

2. Right v. Wrong (Climate as political social change)...

one cannot be  handcuffed  by  data  on a fundamental moral issue of this kind..the magic will not be in the precision of specific wordsthe Administration chooses to use ...

The concept must be big; it must be simple; and it must 'lean in' to where the public is inclined to go ... The Big Idea would be the communications prism, the emotional touchstone, and the policy hub for all climate-related policies...

× Dialectic. 
... an organizing platform that defines ... the opposition as morally responsible for an issue that threatens the health and welfare of the American people. 

TR had the plutocrats. FDR fought Fascism. LBJ took on poverty. And Reagan had the Soviets...

× Anti-Basic Science
The power of this approach... fits into what we call the Troglodyte Narrative  (anti-women; anti-Latino; anti-gun safety; anti-common sense fiscal policy; and anti-science) that is raising basic trust issues for the Republican Party ...

× Frame climate 
You either are a member of our society or you are a social misanthrope..

× Justice ...the focus on equality/opportunity could encompass… rising seas wiping out millions of poor people in Southeast Asia, droughts leading to famine in Africa; rising temperatures creating plagues in Latin America

× Anti-Tobacco... We realize that this is likely a bridge too far, but we felt obligated to present it.


The Winning Principles 

- ending royalties to the most profitable companies in the world and sending the money back to the public as a tax break

- solar panels along our public roads that would reduce energy costs for all Americans… barring... fees to consumers who put solar panels on their domiciles

- improved drinking water standards

- significantly enhanced liabilities for companies that pollute water or pollute lands with pipeline/rail leaks

- stronger consumer protection on gas prices ...

× Briefing on the Big Idea to each and every Department/Agency. … require that they...be held accountable and responsible.

× Weekly meeting with each agency’s point person and the White House point person.

× White House point person coordinates all activity with the White House communications office.

× Establishment of an extreme weather SWAT team..."


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