Can we please stop attaching the -gate suffix to every scandal

It cheapens the severity of the current scandal. We're not talking about breaking into a party office, we're talking about the treasonous use of american power for political and economic gain. It's also very uninventive. It has become such a cliche that it now seems to minimize the impact of any scandal. People become cynical much too quickly to propagate old comparisons.

[Khephra]

1. Why this is some sort of a Posting-Gate!

:evilgrin:

[trof]

2. if watergate happened now

It'd be watergategate

[Old and In the Way]

3. You mean like Troopergate, Monicagate, and Travelgate?

Really important "gates" if you ask me.....

[HFishbine]

4. Agreed

I think a suffixgate is unfolding.

[Khephra]

5. We could try it as a prefix, just to be different

GateIraq....hmmmmm...not quite as catchy.

:evilgrin:

[theboss]

6. Milwaukee story

I imagine Sausage-gate has sent you over the edge.

[SpiralHawk]

7. Attachmentgate Stirs Antagonism

Sorry, no link.

"The sacred answers to no dogma."
- Kathelin Gray

[PretzelWarrior]

8. if a scandal ever occurs regarding Microsoft and govmt.

they can call it Gates-gate.

[wuushew]

9. Bring back the "affair" and "scandal" monikers

that were popular in the 1980's.

Did Raygun ever have a gate suffix associated with him?

[Khephra]

11. I like scandal

The Iraq Scandal sounds worse than Iraq Gate.

[kentuck]

10. I agree...especially when the scandal is worse than Watergate...

It tends to minimize a treasonous act.