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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-07-04 06:32 PM
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Name for Bush... Knuckular President, because he can't say nuclear
and he's a knucklehead.

Yea? Nay?

:evilgrin:
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krkaufman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-07-04 06:46 PM
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1. I prefer The Oxymoronic President
Edited on Fri May-07-04 07:38 PM by krkaufman
I prefer The Oxymoronic President...

... cause it best sums up Rove's strategery of misnaming all initiatives with labels antithetic to the content:

  • Clear Skies -- initiative that increases pollution
  • Healthy Forests -- plan to eliminate forests
  • "We believe in transparency" -- reference Supreme Court case Cheney v. U.S.D.C. District of Columbia
  • limited sovereignty
    etc.


... but love this label ALSO, because I'm very confident that The Chimp and his worshippers will take offense, thinking I'm calling him a moron (though the words are wholly unrelated).


edit: added text left out originally due to preemptive post
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-07-04 06:50 PM
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2. Those aren't oxymorons, they're lies
Oxymoron would be more like "happy tragedy"
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krkaufman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-07-04 06:53 PM
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5. Poetic license; no need to be so literal. n/t
(yes, I know, but don't see the need to be so literal, especially since using the label would undoubtedly tick off wingnuts.)
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-07-04 06:57 PM
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6. Calling him a liar would achieve that better, and is certainly true n/t
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krkaufman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-07-04 07:21 PM
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8. Elaboration and rationalization
I *do* understand your point. However, I was not implying that "Clear Skies" or the other statement were, themselves, oxymorons; rather, the oxymoronic aspect derives from the contradictory positions of the labels and the content/facts.

Unfortunately, I accidentally hit "Post Message" before I'd barely begun the post (meaning to hit "Preview").


p.s. "Oxymoron" applies to more than the specific case of contradictory word pairings, and can be broadly applied to "concepts made up of contradictory or incongruous elements." (Love m-w.com.)

    Main Entry: ox·y·mo·ron
    Pronunciation: "äk-sE-'mor-"än
    Function: noun
    Inflected Form(s): plural ox·y·mo·ra /-'mor-&/
    Etymology: Late Greek oxymOron, from neuter of oxymOros pointedly foolish, from Greek oxys sharp, keen + mOros foolish
    : a combination of contradictory or incongruous words (as cruel kindness); broadly : something (as a concept) that is made up of contradictory or incongruous elements
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-07-04 06:51 PM
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3. On my similar thread in Bush, Conservatives & Conservatism,
somebody just suggested neo-con artists, which made me grin. Works in the singular, too.
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MikeG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-07-04 06:52 PM
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4. You know, Edwards says nuclear right.
Edited on Fri May-07-04 06:52 PM by MikeG
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Spider Jerusalem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-07-04 06:59 PM
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7. Well, Eisenhower couldn't say "nuclear" correctly, either...
but at least he wasn't an idiot...
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name not needed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-07-04 07:22 PM
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9. Daddy's Little DIpshit
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liberalhistorian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 09:55 AM
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10. Will Pitt was funny during his speech
at Kent State on May 4, he said "by the way, George, it's pronounced (very slowly here) NU-CLE-AR!" He had everyone laughing with that one.
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Bush_Eats_Beef Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 10:12 AM
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11. Knucklehead, but a snappy dresser...
...and even if the world is in turmoil because the people running the prison camps in your occupation think that a prisoner with a broomstick up his butt is a "photo op," that shouldn't prevent you from LOOKIN' GOOD!...



...should it?
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camero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-04 10:51 AM
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12. The Nyukular Resident
Becuase he's just a stooge. Of course that's insulting the stooges so that might not work.
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