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As ridiculous as Bush sometimes sounds, we shouldn't underestimate him or the right-wingers who put him in power, because they never say what they mean or mean what they say.
Nation Books
November 2005
224 pages
ISBN: 156025789X
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Non-Fiction
George W. Bush, a self-proclaimed straight-talking Texan,
has been roundly lampooned for his weak grasp of the
English language: "subliminable," "resignate," and
transformationed" being only a few of his malapropisms. As
ridiculous as Bush sometimes sounds, we shouldn't
underestimate him or the right-wingers who put him in
power, because they never say what they mean or mean what
they say.
Over the past few decades, the radical right has engaged in
a well-funded, self-conscious program of Orwellian
doublespeak, transforming American political discourse to
suit their political ends. "Private accounts"
became "personal accounts." "Massachusetts liberal" was
used to slur John Kerry's record. And their "compassionate
conservative" tax cuts were neither conservative nor
compassionate, unless you happen to be a Republican fat
cat. Sick and tired of their sinister deceptions, celebrated
Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel set out to explode
their verbal gymnastics by asking her readers to suggest
satirical definitions of Republican jargon. The result was
a grassroots groundswell of hilarious submissions from
Americans who are mad as hell and aren't going to take it
any more. She has collected the best in this very funny and
very necessary book.
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