The Michael Jackson Killing; His Aborted Racist Tour; the Subsequent News Blackout; & US Chemical Ignorance — by NormanB (“Deviations from the Norm”)
The Michael Jackson Killing; His Aborted Racist Tour; the Subsequent News Blackout; & US Chemical Ignorance |
| By: normanb Sunday June 27, 2010 8:19 am |
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A Word Can Paint a Thousand Pictures, Just Ask the Royal Republican Party |
| By: politicalpartypooper Friday April 16, 2010 7:32 am |
As I Listened to Paul Ryan (R-WI) speak this morning, I was struck by his choice of words. Repeatedly, he used the word “regime” when describing the Obama Administration. There was, of course, the by now obligatory reference to “Socialism”, “European-style Cradle-to-the-Grave Social Welfare State”. Wow. That was a mouthful.
Of course, word association is nothing new in politics, but what seems new is the vitriol and misleading quality of the words being chosen by politicians, especially those on the right, these days. In just the last year, we’ve seen such shining samples as “Death-Panels”, “Government Takeover”, “Socialist State”, “Marxist President”, “Regime”, “Socialized Medicine” and my personal favorite, “IRS Agents will being to multiply”.
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