We could use a term for something that sounds perfectly reasonable to the intended audience (in the case of McCain's remark, anti-choice activists) but outrageous to the general electorate.
Sort of like the inverse of "dog whistle".
(Why McCain seems to have forgotten that he was NOT addressing a convention of the National Right-to-Life Committee is another question.)
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2008-10-19 10:49 am (UTC)Sort of like the inverse of "dog whistle".
(Why McCain seems to have forgotten that he was NOT addressing a convention of the National Right-to-Life Committee is another question.)