9/26/2009, 8:34 pm
All truth is relative! It's the post-modern way!
http://www.northstarnational.com/2009/0 ... -glossary/
Some samples from this excellent exposition:
Some additional words and phrases that need explaining:
Bipartisan support - everyone doing what I want
Change - screw up totally
Crisis - enablement for something I wish to implement without opposition
Distraction - embarrassing major news story
False Choices - any options other than the one I want
Fairness - distribution of spoils to my supporters
I don't think... (as in "I don't think my opponents are racist")
- My surrogates take the criticism for saying something I believe while I look conciliatory by appearing to deny it
Let me be clear - incoherent obfuscation coming up
Must Be (as in if the governments of Iran and North Korea choose to ignore international standards . . . then they must be held accountable.)
- won't be
Multilateralism - I'm too weak to make any kind of decision so I'm waiting for someone else to take the lead
Old way of doing... (as in Wall Street understands it must shed "the old way of doing business")
- Something that does not benefit me
Racist - anyone who does not agree with me
Smart diplomacy - dumb sh*t that anyone with half a brain would see as lunacy
Special Interests - any group not on my side; contrast with Pubilc Good which are the unions, ACORN and anybody else I feel like rewarding
Won't (as in "I said I won't sign a bill that adds to the deficit or the national debt.")
- absolutely positively will
http://www.northstarnational.com/2009/0 ... -glossary/
Bob Maistros wrote: Many Americans are no doubt confused by some of the terminology used by the president in recent weeks as he has given speeches before a joint session of Congress and the United Nations, conducted a variety of television interviews and introduced new policy proposals. As a public service, we are providing a glossary of these terms with their real meanings:
Some samples from this excellent exposition:
Choice – the opportunity to select big government.
Competition – we choose who wins.
Compromise – accepting my position after I give a big speech.
Fact (as in, “these are the facts” or “to state a fact”) – my opinion.
Honest debate – agreeing with me.
Incorporate (as in “incorporate ideas from Republicans”) – include in the early stages of a proposal and then have Pelosi and Reid drop like a hot potato behind closed doors in the final version.
Irresponsible (as in “irresponsible behavior”) – constitutionally protected.
Misinformation – facts, when presented by our opponents.
Neutrality (as in “net neutrality”) – favoring one side in a dispute, especially when that side has supported your campaign and provided a senior White House staff member.
Nobody (as in “nobody disputes [these facts]”) – no liberals or members of the mainstream media.
Non-profit (as in proposals to establish tax-favored, non-profit status for failing newspapers) – making official a condition that has existed unofficially for years.
Nothing (as in “nothing in this plan will require you or your employer to change the coverage or the doctor you have”) – everything.
Plan (as in, “the [health-care] plan I am announcing tonight”) – a really good speech.
Security (as in “stability and security” in health care or “true security for all Israelis”) – you're toast.
Tax – certainly not the fine that goes along with the individual mandate. No matter what that little #&%@! Stephanopoulos or Webster's say.
Some additional words and phrases that need explaining:
Bipartisan support - everyone doing what I want
Change - screw up totally
Crisis - enablement for something I wish to implement without opposition
Distraction - embarrassing major news story
False Choices - any options other than the one I want
Fairness - distribution of spoils to my supporters
I don't think... (as in "I don't think my opponents are racist")
- My surrogates take the criticism for saying something I believe while I look conciliatory by appearing to deny it
Let me be clear - incoherent obfuscation coming up
Must Be (as in if the governments of Iran and North Korea choose to ignore international standards . . . then they must be held accountable.)
- won't be
Multilateralism - I'm too weak to make any kind of decision so I'm waiting for someone else to take the lead
Old way of doing... (as in Wall Street understands it must shed "the old way of doing business")
- Something that does not benefit me
Racist - anyone who does not agree with me
Smart diplomacy - dumb sh*t that anyone with half a brain would see as lunacy
Special Interests - any group not on my side; contrast with Pubilc Good which are the unions, ACORN and anybody else I feel like rewarding
Won't (as in "I said I won't sign a bill that adds to the deficit or the national debt.")
- absolutely positively will