I heard that Bush’s mention of the Dredd Scott case in the last debate was a codeword for Roe v. Wade.
How devious!
Of course, the liberals have codewords too. Here’s a list of some of them so you’ll be prepared for tonight’s debate.
LIBERAL CODEWORDS
the rich, the wealthy = you
e.g. “We’ll fund things by taxing the rich.”
fair = huge, enormous
e.g. “Everyone needs to pay their fair share.”
progressive (n.) = shrill left-wing nut
e.g. “Michael Moore is a prominent progressive.”
progressive (adj.) = appallingly moronic
e.g. “We hope to get into law more progressive policies.”
choice, women’s rights, reproductive rights = abortion
choose = abort, kill
(this one is really taking hold; it’s only a matter of time until we hear a news report about headless prostitutes being found and thus a “serial-chooser” is on the loose)
undocumented immigrants = illegal immigrants
militants, insurgents = murdering terrorists
terrorism = nuisances
protestor = stupid, dirty, noisy hippy
freedom of speech = liberal speech being forced on everyone by law
suppression of speech = criticism of liberal speech
climate of fear = sense of reality
e.g. “Republicans are trying to win by creating a climate of fear.”
fit to print = carefully edited to make conservatives look bad
e.g. “All the news that’s fit to print.”
Whole phrases can be codes too:
“I support the troops but not the war.” = “I hope the news reports more casualties I can use as a political bludgeon.”
“Labels are only to scare people.” = “Stop accurately calling me a liberal; I’m trying to hide that.”
“One person’s terrorist is another’s freedom fighter.” = “I’m such a moral midget, I can’t even call people murdering women and children what they are.”
“You’re questioning my patriotism!” = “Your legitimate attacks on my voting record is making me question my patriotism.”
“No blood for oil.” = “…”
There is also one codeword that originated on Democratic Underground and has started to spread elsewhere:
freeper = 1. (archaic) someone who posts on Free Republic
2. someone who uses rational thought
e.g. “How can you say Edwards didn’t completely trash Cheney in the debate in every way possible? I smell freeper.”
That’s all I can think of now. If I missed any, put them in the comments.
first.
very good, very good indeed.
This one made me laugh harder than the last several combined. Excellent…
Though you forgot a couple:
Served in Vietnam = staged combat for political purpose
(when in reference to Kerry) War veteran = Tourist in Vietnam
“I have a plan” = “I do’nt know what the hell were going to do yet but I know we can do it better…well, at least I think we can…well, were planning too or then again, maybe not…we’ll have to see”
These are not origial, but they are valid.
public investment = tax
contribution = tax (which was coerced by threat of penalty)
costs = tax monies which were not contributed due to a Republican tax break package
Stem Cells = the holy healing power of the new messiah, John F. Kerry!
e.g., Bush wants to prevent funding for stem cells.
Damn, I forgot:
Working Poor = willfully underemployed or unemployed
“coatless little girl” = Girl from Harlingen TX.
Equal opportunity = Vote for us and we’ll give you opportunities that evil rich (anyone who was smart enough to get an education) repugs don’t want you to have, not by providing more opportunities because we can’t force anyone to take advantage of opportunities that exist right now, but by taking it away from others, leveling the playing field if you will. Making the poor richer is hard work, easier to make the rich (you) poorer so we can all be blissfully poor together. Yay.
tolerance = Christian Hatred
e.g. “What we need in this country is more tolerance
diversity = forcing groups to include people of certain skin colors, sexes, national origins, sexual preferences, etc., provided they all think the same “progressive” way
mean = factual
e.g. Cheney had no right to attack Mr. Edwards about his Senate record. That was mean.
“I voted for” = “I voted against”
“I voted against” = “I voted for”
is = ?
More Liberal codewords/phrases:
Gun safety = Only Kerry can have guns
Civil liberties = Abortion, higher taxes, free speech only for muckadoos and suppression of religion
Education = Socialist indoctrination
Vote = Vote at least 35 times
Voting irregularities = Look! Over there! (stuffs the ballot box)
Frank, I suggest you turn this into your next IMAO t-shirt.
Carl P:
change “Christian Hatred” to the more clear “Hatred of Christians”
You forgot my favorite one — “Bipartisan” = “Republicans rolled over and did what the Democrats wanted.”
Nuance=Flip Flop
Allies=Anybody not helping us in Iraq
Blood for Oil=Bad
Blood for BJ’s=Nobody’s business(True only for presidents who are democrats)
“Spending money on a huge tax giveaway for the rich” = Allowing people to keep money they earned themselves.
“The rich” = Anybody who has some money left after taxes.
“Compassion” = A welfare program.
“Heartlessness” = Private sector jobs.
I hate you. I used to arrogantly consider myself to be funny. Not anymore, damn you. Oh well, I just blogrolled you anyway!
Forgive the quibble, but for us in the desert:
Undocumented immigrant = Illegal alien.
“No blood for oil.” = “…”
That is SO damn true.
Ann Coulter mentions something like that in her latest masterpiece… I damn near laughed my ass off cause of it…
Frank, m’boy, you’ve done it again…
dbdukes,
Good point. Thanks for the correction.
Thomas Sowell had a bunch.
“wetlands”= [smelly, dirty, disease-ridden] swamps
“transient”= homeless person, also see: bum
“common good”= for the good of the politicians
“unilateral”= coalition of minimum thirty countries, i.e., our “unilateral” coalition of the willing
“Bu$hitler” and “[no] war for oil” and “Amerikkka”*= I don’t know how I dress myself in the morning.
*Note that in a curious quirk of language, several phrases can have the same exact meaning, roughly “I’m a blitering idiot.”
“intolerance”: n. the quality of having a backbone
“extremist”=anyone or anything that disagrees/goes against the leftist agenda
Social justice = taking your money to give to people who won’t work
Nazi = Anyone who disagrees with the liberal viewpoint
ACLU = Satan (i.e…”Under God” should be removed from the pledge, because the -ACLU- feels that it is unconstitutional)
Michael Moore = Satan (i.e….-Michael Moore- is good example of the “diversity” in our country)
“The Rich” = Satan (to liberals)
Example “Tax cuts for the middle class, no more tax cuts for the RICH”
They make it sound like THE RICH are the most evil thing in America. Bush gave tax cuts to THE RICH. John Kerry says no more tax cut for THE RICH. Crazy loons.
“terrorism = nuisances”
It’s either a mistake or the best line in the piece!
“Social” = modifier which reverses meaning of following noun. (e.g. “Social Investment” means looting savings and investment to spend on social programs. “Social justice” means disregarding facts, honesty, impartiality to get results that favor certain groups.)
Frank, thanks for the predebate laugh. Things are getting a bit serious this close to the wire ;¨)
Moderate = Liberal
Moderate = Communist
Moderate = Anyone who calls Bush Hitler and advocates sex with underage animals
Right Wing Radical= Conservative
Multilateral: getting France and Germany’s permission to do anything
Global test: See previous
Consistency (for Kerry): sticking to one position during an entire two minutes
terrorism = nuisances
Don’t you mean “nuisances = terrorism”?
Can’t believe I forgot multilateral…
A lot of great reader additions. I may need to officially add them in.
You know, I’m tired of my neighbor’s dog committing terrorism in my front yard every night. If Kerry is elected, will the Dept of Homeland Security come freeze my neighbor’s bank account? Or maybe the Prez himself will come hunt down my neighbor’s dog and kill it – you know, with that Chinese-made assault rifle that he had before he didn’t have it.
nuance = total lack of an audit trail for accountability.
agree to disagree = you’re an idiot
you’re a genius. you’re so gonna kick my butt at trivial pursuit.
So, who saw that prominent progressive’s progressive fakeumentary?
I love it. I’ll be using “progressive” all week and stupid Hawaii democrats will think I’m complimenting them! You made my day, Frank!
Neo-cons = zionist oil honchos that control Bush like a puppet
FReeper was actually coined on Free Republic…we consider it a good word. But the people over at DU(or DUmmies as we call them)started using it and they apparently think it pokes fun at us.
freeper, like europe trying to use cowboy as an insult. but that isn’t too difficult to believe, afterall, france has some strange fascination with jerry lewis. if thats who you idolize….shudder
“We’re a Big Tent Party” = Our party is controlled by the nutballs on the far left, but we’d like you to think we are moderate.
-A common resonse of Terry McAwful when asked about nutball quotes by kook leftist democrats
You forgot an important one:
“Legitimate grievances” = “An insatiable desire to murder you and your children”
…as in “Sept 11 was tragic, yes, but the hijackers had legitimate grievances.”
Liberal = Believer in limiting personal rights.
Conservative = Believer in limited personal rights.
Support the People = Believe in rules that treat people like children to “protect” them.
Protecting the people = Imposing my ideology on all others.
e.g. “I’m a liberal and believe in supporting the people.”
“I’m a conservative and believe in protecting the people.”
Reliable Sources(As referenced by Dan Rather) = a.Monkey at a typewriter
b.Disgruntled ANG Officer willing to forge documents to further the lefty agenda
C.Magic Eightball
I think Carl P is on the ball with this stuff. Good contrib there bud.
Feminists= Screeching psychotic ladies who either miss the Sixties or are still stuck in the Sixties.
Militants= Bums in dirty nightshirts who cut off prisoners’ heads in the name of God.
Diversity/Multiculturalism= A conglomerate of Gayness, pot-smoking, “class warfare” talk, and something vaguely having to do with the continents of America or Africa before Whites colonized them both.
Police State= When a government, worried about a bunch of dirty college students and smelly bums blocking traffic and vandalizing busniesses, deploys cops to a protest to make sure that the protesters don’t try to reenact the Rodney King Riots.
I really like the one:”Agree to disagree = idiot.” I have a liberal friend who seems to think that.
Environment – Only Kerry’s family can have SUVs. Everyone else should pile the entire family on a scooter, as in the Third World.
The disadvantaged – people who have TVs, DVD players, gameboys, washer-dryers, cars, several children, giant refrigerators loaded with beer and junkfood, cellphones and endless leisure, courtesy of the taxpayer.