March 21, 2008
Bring back bad words!
Posted by
Amy Zegart
Tired of the politics of euphemism? Here are a few Cold War throwbacks I’d like to see re-enter the political lexicon:
Regime change/Overthrowing leaders we don't like
Enhanced interrogation methods/Torturing people
Bringing terrorists to justice/Killing terrorists, or if that fails, torturing them
Mistakes were made/FUBAR
The Commander-in-Chief threshold/ Pinko-Commie
Pledged delegates/Delegates
Superdelegates/Party Bosses
Convention/The back room
HRC ad: child sleeps as red phone rings/ LBJ ad: Child picks daisy as nuclear bomb blows up the world
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