What phrase scares the crap out of you

[southernleftylady]

when you hear it from a politician (any side saying it)?

[southernleftylady]

1. "trust me"

[Hugin]

14. Trust me... No, really, I mean it.

I'm compassionate.

Looook entooo my eeeyyyes...

Booga... Booga...

;)

[girl_from_russia]

41. Our country will be a safer place

[TornadoTN]

2. Oh where to start!

"Terra" or "Culture of Life"

Ah hell, just about anything that comes out of Bush and his Neocon supporters mouths!

[gordianot]

3. Mandate

[sarcasmo]

61. Mandate and Moral Values, who's values are they anyways.

[Swamp Rat]

62. "Mandate?"

:D

[gordianot]

66. Mandate with political capitol to spend.

I will never forget that one.

[hobbit709]

4. "No new taxes"

What that means is they'll be like the banks and FEE you to death.

[annabanana]

5. "It's a 'one time' thing.... . no, really.". . . . . n/t

[RPM]

6. "my fellow americans"

cant trust it

[DemonFighterLives]

7. Democracy on the march

Almost as scary as when Poppy first uttered New World Order and sneer cheney was right behind him.

[shadowknows69]

16. I second that one

translated to be "we have the most weapons, you WILL do as we say"

[DemonFighterLives]

35. Kinda turns on the fundies

Like "Onward Christian Soldiers". Do as we want or we'll roll over you.
They hate us for our freedoms ya know!

[Zenlitened]

8. any sentence getting all buddy-buddy with "god"

:scared:

[Hugin]

18. God told me you'd say that...

;)

[Zenlitened]

21. She did?

[Hugin]

23. Yeah, she talks in her sleep...

Actually, that would explain a whole lot of things.

[Zenlitened]

37. Yikes! Get a tape recording of that!

LOL! :D

[neweurope]

9. "Safety". Means handcuffs, spying, all kinds of papers,

restrictions and suppression of minorities.

-----------------

Remember Fallujah

Bush to The Hague!

[cornfedyank]

10. preparing our people for the challenges of life in a free society

i think shrub really meant a fee society.

besides i thought we were already free. silly me.

[theboss]

11. "Working families"

Or any phrase that applies to the middle class. Particularly since no politician has probably done any real work in decades. It's particularly jarring when someone like a Bush or a Taft or even a Kennedy or Rockefeller says it, because you know that they all had servants pick up their toys for them when they were 5.

I instinctively reach of my wallet when I hear that phrase.

[bowens43]

12. that's easy....

"I, George W. Bush, do solemnly swear that I
will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States"

[southernleftylady]

13. bwahahaha

[Zerex71]

15. "George Bush"

[Thtwudbeme]

17. Family Values

and "in God we trust."

[atommom]

19. "Traditional values" "moral values" "our nation is based on Christianity"

I don't like "liberal elite" much either.

[Lannes]

22. If we get hit again count on..

Patriot Act II III IV V...

[BiggJawn]

70. Yeah, those do it for me, too.

"This nation was founded as a CHRISTIAN nation, by good, GODLY MEN!"

That rasies the hairs on the ol' arms, too...

[Hugin]

20. "We are be having a man date and stuff."

Really!

[madinmaryland]

24. "If you haven't done anything wrong,

then you have nothing to worry about this new law"

Another excuse to take more liberties away from us.

:mad:

[lilymercury]

72. Terrifying words, apathy will be the death of this nation. n/t

[theboss]

25. Oh...wait...I forgot "for our children."

When I hear "working families," I reach for my wallet. When I hear "for the children," I bury the silver in the backyard.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

26. "Irrelevant"

Your number one clue that whatever they're attempting to dismiss matters to the Nth degree.

[Ioo]

27. I spoke to Jesus, and he said I should...

nt

[Imagine My Surprise]

28. JEB 08

[Demit]

29. "people have to watch what they say; watch what they do."

[lonestarnot]

33. This would be the one...people are being disappeared....

[Fire Walk With Me]

75. Threats. All the time with threats from these people.

Whatever happened to leading, not threatening?

[Inland]

30. In today's bizarro world, anything that would have been an American value

God, country, freedom, liberty, justice, fair, rules, law, rights---everything our of the Bushite mouth is twisted and turned as a disguise for some evil. Every good concept is coopted for exactly the opposite. America is looking in a funhouse mirror of lies about what it is and what it does.

[southernleftylady]

31. "We must make tough decisions!"

[southernleftylady]

32. your either with us or against us

[Ganja Ninja]

34. "I'm a compassionate conservative."

It scares me the most cause I know someone's about to get fucked when I hear it.

[morgan2]

36. "this is america"

People always use that phrase when they're trying to act like American is something artificially special. Its an intellecutally lazy argument trying to say "it," whatever it is reffering to in the context, can't happen here just because its America. A country is only as good as the choices its people make. Bad things happen here, Democracy is corruptable. People use the argument because its hard to disagree with. If you say so? then you're Antiamerican for saying it could happen here.

[LSdemocrat]

38. You're either with me or against me

Or any variation on that statement that implies there are only two views on any given issue

[kiki]

39. "Secular humanist"

I'm in the UK, and a couple of months ago I heard a vicar on TV proudly proclaiming that "the secular humanist experiment has failed". Oh really, you stupid fuckhead? And how shall we measure this failure? The virtual disappearance of backstreet abortions and child labour? Women being allowed to work? Spousal rape and domestic violence being recognised as serious crimes? Terrible developments, to be sure.

To be honest I get scared whenever I hear American-sounding phrases like this creeping into the dialogue in the UK. One of my biggest concerns is that the level of mainstream political debate in my country will degenerate to the level found in - no offense - the US.

[girl_from_russia]

40. phrase

America will be a better place

[ultraist]

42. "Religious McCarthyism"

:scared:

Someone posted a thread about this phrase in LBN. Leary used the term in reference to the Nuclear option. Someone else posted a list of quotes by Dems who had previously used the term. I think it's very apropos to describe the radical, religious rightwingnuts.

[Solly Mack]

43. "We tried" "We care" "We work for the people"

"I think" "Even though" "Aside from that"

many many many many many more...

[dogday]

44. The Party Of Values

[girl_from_russia]

45. we are thinking for you

[girl_from_russia]

46. we will take care of you

[girl_from_russia]

47. we will improve your lifes

[girl_from_russia]

48. we will make the world a safer place

[girl_from_russia]

49. I know how to do it

[girl_from_russia]

50. I am here for you

[kwassa]

"An up or down vote" the code phrase meaning "We will bury you"

because we hold a slight majority in Congress, will win all votes based on party lines, and will exploit it to destroy you Democrats as completely as we can.

[kwassa]

51. dupe posting, system burped!

[girl_from_russia]

52. references to God

[girl_from_russia]

53. We know our enemies

[Hamlette]

54. God bless America

or any reference to God. It was unthinkable 40 years ago to talk about God. Now, its unthinkable not to. For politicians I mean.

[lies and propaganda]

55. Youre either with us

or youre with the terrorists.

Pretty much everything that leaves BushCos mouth scares the fuck out of me.

edited for spelling

[Algomas]

56. Full Spectrum Dominance

[wideopen]

57. "That's classified information"

[dean_dem]

58. The following:

"I, George W. Bush do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

Sent chills down my spine both times he said it.

[geniph]

59. "Judeo-Christian values"

which is usually code for "you're not conforming to what WE think is right and we want to tell you how to do it."

[BlueIris]

60. Chief Justice Cheney

Ack. Just...ack.

[Obamarama]

63. "Today the terror alert has been elevated to (insert color here)"

I don't worry about my immediate safety. I wonder what the evil cabal is up to NOW from which they wish to divert attention.

[TrogL]

64. anything having to do with brooms

[alfredo]

65. God is on our Side.

[deadcenter]

67. The

Patriot Act makes us safer and the Patriot Act II will make us even more safe.

deadcenter

[Maru Kitteh]

68. The American people want.......................

STFU. You don't even CARE what we want, you've proved that over and over.

[coffeenap]

69. Cheney in 2008

[LincolnMcGrath]

71. Reagan Democrat

[me b zola]

73. "ownership society"

[bread_and_roses]

74. "Homeland"

I remember the first time I heard it used thinking "Nazi." I still think that every time I hear it, no matter who says it.

[BamaGirl]

76. It makes my skin crawl

every time I hear "homeland security". Someone says it and I hear "fatherland". Glad to know I'm not the only one who makes that association.