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"White House allies are launching a market-research project to figure out how to sell" privatizing Social Security [5], while "Republican marketing and public-relations gurus are building teams of consultants," reports the Washington Post. The effort, led by Karl Rove [6] and Ken Mehlman, "will use Bush's campaign-honed techniques of mass repetition, never deviating from the script and using the politics of fear to build support." Groups including Progress for America [7], the National Association of Manufacturers [8] and the Republican Jewish Coalition [9] are also advocating for privatization. Progress for America's TV ads, which include images of Franklin D. Roosevelt [10], have been protested by FDR's family. His grandson wrote [11], "My grandfather would surely oppose the ideas now being promoted by this administration and your organization."
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[1] http://dev.prwatch.org/users/6/diane-farsetta
[2] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/democracy
[3] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/public-relations
[4] http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fdev.prwatch.org%2Fspin%2F2005%2F01%2F3188%2Fnever-mind-social-security-numbers&linkname=Never%20Mind%20the%20Social%20Security%20Numbers
[5] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S._Social_Security_privatization
[6] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Karl_Rove
[7] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Progress_for_America
[8] http://www.prwatch.org/node/3173
[9] http://www.rjchq.org/news.asp?FormMode=Detail&id=760
[10] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Franklin_D._Roosevelt
[11] http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB110566749963026122,00.html?mod=politics%5Fprimary%5Fhs
[12] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7797-2005Jan13.html