BNP - could they get more votes by simply rewording their manifesto...?

[joko]

just been reading it, and i have to say in the main it all sounds pretty good...most of their policies make sense...even some of those regarding immigration etc

then you come to the...dodgy ones

my point is whoever wrote this obviously isnt too bright when it comes to wording things cleverly... because it seems they just blurt things out, rather than considerin the ramifications of their words...they come across often as the pub bore ignorantly mouthing off and generally talking crap, and given the nature of the comments they seem to have given no consideration to 'softening the blow'

seems to me that with a bit of clever wording, many of their policies would not get such a hostile reaction
if they had perhaps hired someone with 'a way with words' to soften and almost hide their sentiments...could they even have stood a genuine chance of winning?
what go you think?

just to say, i in no way support the BNP - i am pretty 'left' in my thinking...i am just asking this question in a purely curious way, and because words have power, i am surprised that they have worded the document this way and appear to have given little thought to how they could have created a linguistic 'smokescreen' and got more votes.
( i havent looked at the other parties yet and i have no doubt that some of them do the smae)

this is not a BNP bashing post, so please no rants etc - just stick to the question please

i also will not respond to anyone who doesnt read the post properlty and decides to have a go at me or accuse me of somehting...this is purely and totally a question about usage of clever wording and its power...

thanks
http://www.general-el...NP-Manifesto-2010.pdf

[Quinlad]

It's certainly a question of competence. If they're so intellectually backward that they can't refine and make palatable the most important written document they've ever produced, imagine how imbecilic they must be.

And yet some people still want to entrust them with power over home affairs, economic policy, schools, hospitals and all the other things that come with political power.

Moreover, for a group of people who claim to be passionate about our cultural heritage and British ethnicity, they seem to have little regard for the most important single part of our national make-up: the English language.

And that - you have to say - is not very clever.

[joko]

well put quinlad.

yes the style they use often like 'mates down the pub' who have little genuine knowledge

[LadyMelina]

I agree, joko. They dont seem particulary elequont when it comes to writing and delivering their ideas. This was an ideal opportunity for them and I think they have blown it.