An Obama Lexicon

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For those who are not yet fluent in Obama-ese:

  • compromise – (1) verb – [when applied to Republicans] to surrender; (2) verb – [when applied to Democrats] to pretend to negotiate
  • lead – verb – to provide a plan
  • plan – (1) noun – teleprompted platitudes unencumbered by specific goals or means of execution; (2) noun – specific goals and means of execution developed by Republicans and rejected by Democrats
  • tax – noun – job creating mechanism …
  • job – noun – an activity intended to produce tax revenue
  • millionaire – noun – citizen with a non-union private sector job …
  • hate – verb – disagree …

Russ Emerson’s Obama vocabulary list also helps you understand many otherwise confusing idioms:

  • let – verb – watch
  • clear – adjective – equivocal

Thus, “let me be clear“ means “watch me be equivocal.”

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  4. resp0nsible – adj. – 1) of or pertaining to one who reads a plan off of a teleprompter; 2) a Democrat

    balanced – adj. – weighted in favour of tax increases

  5. Barackonucleosis: Offshoot of political leprosy. Causes everything you touch to turn into s***.

  6. May I add a phrase?

    “As I’ve said all along . . .”  =  “As I’ve argued against, but now find inconvenient to oppose, safe in the knowledge that anyone dumb enough to believe me is too stupid to check . . .”

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