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Political speech gets Barney-ized
"Politics has become so bitter and partisan.”
Barack Obama, January 2007
“If they bring a knife, we bring a gun.”
Barack Obama, June 13, 2008
"Sometimes during campaigns the rhetoric gets overheated and amplified.”
Barack Obama, June 18, 2008
Aggressive terminology has been used in political campaigns since Day One of political campaigning. Thus, when President Obama talked about a knife and a gun, he said nothing wrong.
Calling for civility and a new tone is one thing. Suggesting censorship is another.
William Kelly at Big Journalism has developed a list of phrases the MSM wants to abolish from political commentary/debate:
Gunning for someone
Right between the eyes
Son of a Gun
Hit ‘em where they lived
Stick to one’s guns
Public enemy #1
With guns blazing
Right on target
Axis of Evil
The battle lines are drawn
In the line of fire
All out war or it’s war
Fire away
Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes
Fight fire with fire
Declare war
Open fire
Cross-hairs
Wanted dead or alive
Bulletpoint
Dead and buried
Target
Dead meat
Job-killing
Dead on
War room
Evil Empire
Get away with murder
Move in for the kill
Straight Shooter (Rush Limbaugh’s billboard in
Firing squad
Battleground states
Bulls-eye
Attack Ad
Fight Tooth and Nail
Armed and Ready
Bite the Bullet
Better dead than red
Terrorists (the Islamic kind)
Terrorism (OK if applied to Tea Party Movement)
And, of course, Islamic Jihadists
As you might expect, the MSM’s list doesn’t apply to everyone. Read Kelly’s entire piece.
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