September 29, 2006
Cut-and-Paste Republicans
There's nothing I hate more than political sloganeering, especially when it's boiled down so much it doesn't even make sense anymore. From a CNN headline today.
President Bush counterpunched at Democrats on Thursday, saying their criticism of the war in Iraq has turned their party into one of "cut-and-run" obstructionists.
Ok, that doesn't even make any sense. In order to obstruct something, you have to block it, keep it from moving, in short, you are very much staying still and not budging. On the other hand, to cut-and-run very much would give on the sense of movement, fleeing, or leaving the general vacinity of a situation.
So how then, pray tell, does one be a "cut-and-run" obstructionist? Do you block policy by stealing it and holding on to it for dear life while you scamper away with it? Um, bullshit- now the President's just making up words again like a drunken 4 year old.
And how does one 'counterpunch' a political party? Was it giving the Prez too much sass so he grabbed it by its frumpled trashy hair and whamed it good against the formica tabletop? Is that a counterpunch?
Of course, nevermind the fact that 2 inches over from that impossible configuration of the English language was a story headline calling out
Poll: Nearly two-thirds say Iraq in civil war
Better be careful Bush. So much of the country is cutting and running that it's obstructing the bowels of democracy. Or some shit like that.
Posted by spamburgler at September 29, 2006 02:44 AM
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Posted by: Jesse at November 24, 2006 04:01 AM
"So how then, pray tell, does one be a "cut-and-run" obstructionist?"
Simple, someone runs and cuts something, it comes crushing down and obstructs the way.
"And how does one 'counterpunch' a political party? Was it giving the Prez too much sass so he grabbed it by its frumpled trashy hair and whamed it good against the formica tabletop? Is that a counterpunch?"
COUNTERPUNCH IS A RETURN PUNCH. The word doesn't have anything to do with formica tabletops.
"Counter" is a Latinism meaning "opposite".
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