Clintonian: connotation of verbal craftiness, usually in a political or legal context, intended to

[roseBudd]

deceive or obscure the truth.

"The word Clintonian is in our lexicon and means being sneaky, and tough." -Tony Blankley<2>

When your last name is a metaphor for dishonesty, you might be unelectable.

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[Avalux]

1. Clintonian politics isn't so different than Rovian politics.

But because there's a big D after their names, many Democrats praise the Clintons' sneakiness as if it's an admirable quality. I don't get it; I cannot tell my daughters to look at Hillary as a role model; I would not want them to be like her. I want nothing more than to vote a woman into the WH but not this one.

[roseBudd]

2. Bill admires Karl Rove. Politics is a chess game to the Clintons

[KSinTX]

3. Neither verb nor adjective ... Be more precise

"I didn't know that that was a verb or an adjective," says Barack Obama "(I)t's something that probably bounces around on the cable shows, and I don't watch them enough to know. I haven't heard it used on Nightline that much. Be more precise."

Edit: brackets masked "I" in "It's"