Political dysphemisms

[Julia Achenbach]

Cronies, stupidity tax, regime, idiot box.

- Julia

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> And maybe the most successful of them all, "partial birth abortion."
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> On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 5:09 PM, Herb Stahlke<hfwstahlke at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Bush's "Clear Skies Initiative" and "Healthy Forests Initiative."
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>> Herb
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>> On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Baker, John<JMB at stradley.com> wrote:
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>>>        "Star wars," for President Reagan's Strategic Defense
>>> Initiative, comes to mind.  This one was particularly successful,
>>> receiving widespread use in mainstream media.
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>>> John Baker
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>>> Subject: Political dysphemisms
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>>> I'm writing about politically motivated dysphemisms this week: terms
>>> like death panel, death tax, and terrorist fist jab. I'm sure I'm
>>> missing a lot. Any suggestions?
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>>> Mark
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