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ck4829 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-13-07 10:26 AM
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The Latest Edition of the Republican Dictionary
Edited on Thu Dec-13-07 10:30 AM by ck4829
C

Compassion - When Conservatives work against equal rights for GLBT people, economic freedoms for the poor, reproductive freedoms for women, and so on. See Hate.

E

Executive Privilege - A power that the Bush Administration uses frequently so nobody can see what it's doing. See Wiretapping.

F

Facts - An invention of the West Coast Liberals and has a strong Anti-Republican bias. Often works with a creation of the East Coast Liberals, known as Reality, in order to do tag team assaults on the Conservative Movement in general.

G

God - Money and/or Campaign Donors.

H

Hate - When Liberals make fun of Conservatives. See Compassion.

I

I can't recall - You train for over a month to prepare your testimony in front of Congress and then you get nervous or something... Right...

P

People die in war, get over it! - When Blackwater murders Iraqi Civilians. See Terrorism.

Persecution - When Right Wing Christians aren't able to force their religious/political views down your throat.

Personal Responsibility - Only applies to you if you are poor.

R

Reality - An invention of the East Coast Liberals and has a strong Anti-Bush bias. Often works with a creation of the West Coast Liberals, known as Facts, in order to do tag team assaults on the Conservative Movement in general.

T

Terrorism - When Al Qaeda in Iraq murders Iraqi Civilians.

Torture - Like swimming, freestyle, backstroke.

Tough on Crime - Putting the poor and/or minorities in jail.

Traitor - A person who was right when he/she said Iraq had no WMD, that there was no Iraq-Al Qaeda link, that Rumsfeld was a failure, that things are going to smoothly over there, and so on.

V

Vice President - An enigma. Has all of the privileges, but none of the responsibilities, of the Executive Branch.

Voter Fraud - The crisis of the poor and/or minorities actually voting (GASP!).

W

Wiretapping - If you have nothing to hide, then you have nothing to fear, right?

Witch Hunt - Prosecuting members of the Bush Administration.
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cboy4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-13-07 10:28 AM
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1. They really put the "R" in repulsive.
Good list.

:puke:
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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-13-07 12:18 PM
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2. You forgot S- SCREWN and M-MORAN. NT
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aint_no_life_nowhere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-13-07 05:23 PM
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6. I think that's the Freeptard Heritage Dictionary
which also contains words like "series" (serious), "hugh" (huge), and "satin" (for Satan). It's a close cousin to the Republican dictionary but contains some more high-falutin' terms.
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AuntPatsy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-13-07 12:19 PM
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3. Pretty insightful, someone should publish something just like that...
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Mnemosyne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-13-07 05:06 PM
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4. Could you extend the definition of 'compassion' to include
something about "bootstraps"?

Great list, ck! :hi:
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L. Coyote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-13-07 05:12 PM
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5. W is for Waterboarding - George Bush's middle name.
Waterboard - How George W. Bush saved the world from evil.
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-13-07 05:29 PM
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7. "I can't recall"
:rofl:
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L. Coyote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-14-07 12:03 PM
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8. Election - The bi-annual overhaul of the propaganda organs.
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