Buzz Word of the Year

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Honestly, I don't know what burr has gotten into the Mainstream Media's pants. ANY suggestion that The One's proposed legislation isn't the Best Thing, Evah, leads them to start spouting the R Word - no, not Republican, but RACIST.

It's a real conversation closer. Witness the Olbermann meltdown.

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Dr.D said…
They are just about down to the point of having a one word vocabulary. They don't know what else to day, so they say, "racist," even when it is wildly inapplicable. This is a word that simply does not mean anything anymore.

If I were into tattoos, which I most certainly am not, I think I would get a big tattoo that said, RACIST! someplace very visible. I want to do everything I can to make this work simply void.
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