by Victor Davis Hanson<\/p>\n
National Review Online<\/em><\/p>\n ACORN:<\/strong>\u00a0Never heard of it<\/p>\n Arizona:<\/strong>\u00a0Resembles 1930s Italy<\/p>\n beer summit:<\/strong>\u00a0Where investigating an apparent break-in is defined as acting \u201cstupidly\u201d<\/p>\n bipartisan:<\/strong>\u00a0A senator with a 97 percent partisan voting record<\/p>\n Boehner, John:<\/strong>\u00a0Is to be blamed<\/p>\n bow:<\/strong>\u00a0Correct greeting for sheiks; for the Queen, an iPod is appropriate<\/p>\n BP:<\/strong>\u00a0Company requiring a boot on its neck to make it fork over $10 billion, or $15 billion \u2014 or why not $20 billion?<\/p>\n campaign finance reform:<\/strong>\u00a0Applies to \u201cthem\u201d<\/p>\n capital-gains taxes:\u00a0<\/strong>Increase them even if that brings in less revenue (it\u2019s the punishment, stupid)<\/p>\n Chamber of Commerce:<\/strong>\u00a0Is really to be blamed<\/p>\n Chicago community organizer:<\/strong>\u00a0Best preparation for the Oval Office<\/p>\n Chrysler creditor:<\/strong>\u00a0To the back of the line<\/p>\n Churchill:<\/strong>\u00a0Eccentric 19th-century colonialist<\/p>\n civility:<\/strong>\u00a0Requires demonizing George W. 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preferably called \u201ctea-baggers\u201d<\/p>\n terrorism:<\/strong>\u00a0A man-caused disaster addressed by overseas contingency operations<\/p>\n \u201cthey\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Wealthy evil manipulators who use their obscene profits to vacation in places like Las Vegas<\/p>\n times of economic uncertainty:<\/strong>\u00a0A signal that you are about to be called a racist<\/p>\n tribunals:<\/strong>\u00a0Bush started those too<\/p>\n $250,000:<\/strong>\u00a0Above that bad, below good<\/p>\n undisclosed:<\/strong>\u00a0Description of anonymous opposition campaign contributors<\/p>\n unemployed:<\/strong>\u00a0Those whose jobs were lost under Bush<\/p>\n Van Jones:<\/strong>\u00a0Even the name was made up<\/p>\n wealth:<\/strong>\u00a0To be spread rather than created<\/p>\n white person:<\/strong>\u00a0Often \u201ctypical\u201d and \u201cbitter\u201d with \u201cuntrained ears,\u201d and likely to \u201ccling\u201d to religion and guns; in short, full of \u201cantipathy\u201d<\/p>\n working across the aisle:<\/strong>\u00a0Offering huge earmarks or presidential appointments in return for a single Republican legislative vote<\/p>\n \u201cyes, we can\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0Inspiring slogan that went out of use during the summer of 2009<\/p>\n \u00a92010 Victor Davis Hanson<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online ACORN:\u00a0Never heard of it Arizona:\u00a0Resembles 1930s Italy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[504],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p466Sb-iw","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3958,"url":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/why-the-democrats-may-lose-the-2008-election\/","url_meta":{"origin":1148,"position":0},"title":"Why the Democrats May Lose the 2008 Election","author":"victorhanson","date":"June 26, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Will President Bush's current unpopularity translate into a Democratic recapture of either the House or Senate this fall \u2014 or a victory in the 2008 presidential election? 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