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mitchtv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 04:54 PM
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BI-PARTISANSHIP, n. When conservative Republicans work together with moderate Republicans to pass legislation Democrats hate.

CLARIFY, v. Repeating the same lie over and over again.

CLEAN, adj. The word used to modify any aspect of the environment Republican legislation allows corporations to pollute, poison, or destroy.

FAIRER, adj. Regressive.

FAITH, n. The stubborn belief that God approves of Republican moral values despite the preponderance of textual evidence to the contrary.

FAITH COMMUNITY, n. Evangelicals, because they are saved, and hawkish conservative Jews, because they are useful. Israel is the bait-on-the-hook just waiting for God to take that Rapturous bite.

FISCAL CONSERVATIVE, n. A Republican who is in the minority.

FREEDOM, n. What Arabs want but can't achieve on their own without Western military intervention. It bears a striking resemblance to chaos.

GROWTH, n. The justification for tax cuts for the rich. What happens to the deficits when Republicans cut taxes on the rich.

HONESTY, n. Lies told in simple declarative sentences: "Freedom is on the march."

HUMBLE FOREIGN POLICY, n. The invasion of any sovereign nation whose leadership Republicans don't like.

HUMBLED adj. What a Republican says right after a close election and right before he governs in an arrogant manner.

MORAL VALUES, n. Hatred of homosexuals dressed up in Biblical language.

MANDATE, n. What a Republican claims to possess when only 49 percent of the voting public loathes him instead of 51 percent.

THE MEDIA, n. Immoral elitist liberally-biased traitors who should leave Republicans alone so they can complete God's work on Earth in peace and quiet, behind closed doors.

PHILOSOPHY, n. Religion.

SIMPLIFY, tr. v. To cut the taxes of Republican donors.

SLAVE, n. A person without legal rights, e,g. a fetus.

BONUS DEFINITION: NEOCONSERVATIVES, n. Nerds with Napoleonic
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alexisfree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 04:57 PM
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1. very good!!
:evilgrin:
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msgadget Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 04:58 PM
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2. I like all of them except for the definition of 'slave'
Republicans protect the rights of fetuses more than those of infants and children.
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 06:12 PM
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5. Right, that one should have been
Slave: n. Member of the working class below the level of vice president, completely without civil rights of any type in the workplace, with few rights away from work (see: Target)

Target: n. Ultimate useful occupation of anyone in the slave class; used like the peasants of old, sent to war with pitchforks and clubs to absorb the first volleys of arrows so that the horse class would risk less. These days, they are absorbing bombs for Halliburton workers.
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pleiku52cab Donating Member (674 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 05:04 PM
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3. Free elections (archaic) What the American people had
before we prefected our new system. see fraud
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BurgherHoldtheLies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 05:10 PM
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4. Addition?......
Moderate Republican: Driven to extinction by the right-wing zealots. Now converted to Democrat.
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