A Glossary of Useful Terms for the GD Primaries Forum

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ABB - Anybody but Bush - my candidate

attacking - see bashing

bashing - disagreeing with my candidate or referring to something I wish hadn't been published

centrist - can be quoted as supporting either side of an issue

conspiracy theorist - disagrees with me

divisive - an issue on which your candidate disagrees with my candidate

electable - has a lot of money

grass roots - politically active computer-savvy people with internet access

inclusive - people who disagree with my candidate on that issue are wrong

liberal - anyone slightly to the left of me

moderate - anyone slightly to the right of me

not progressive - disagrees with me

opposes the war - believes he can do a better job of running the war

pandering - reaching out to people who don't support my candidate

party unity - vote for my candidate

progressive - agrees with me

reaching out - pandering

read the website - I'm not sure what my candidate's position is on that

Rovian strategy - raising a lot of money

unelectable - other peoples' candidates

wedge issue - an issue on which there is a perceptible difference between the positions of two or more candidates

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