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PJ Media ^ | 12-22-14 | Victor Davis Hanson

Posted on 12/23/2014 9:17:56 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic

One way of reinventing reality is to warp the meaning of words. No president in memory has waged such a war on the English language as has Barack Obama — changing the meaning of vocabulary to hide what he fears might otherwise be unpopular.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: definitions; dissembling; gaslighting; obama; obamaorwell; vdh; vocabulary
Liberals do this all the time. Look at what they've done with the words gay and choice!
1 posted on 12/23/2014 9:17:56 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Befuddled


2 posted on 12/23/2014 9:23:17 AM PST by bunkerhill7 (`("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione."))
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To: afraidfortherepublic

They must have the industrial-strength euphemism treadmill that can stand up to eight decades of use at least.


3 posted on 12/23/2014 9:42:38 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: afraidfortherepublic

The old line is ‘allow me to define the terms, and I will win any argument’.

Same BS.
From a full time BS artist.


4 posted on 12/23/2014 10:01:47 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT (The best is the enemy of the good.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Yeah how about 5percent GDP growth in the last quarter! At the same time incomes are down,more people on food stamps and disability,the labor force participation rate at all time highs.It’s all BS


5 posted on 12/23/2014 10:46:26 AM PST by ballplayer
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To: afraidfortherepublic

I got to the ‘deportee’ part and lost it. The MSM faithfully reports his crap as The Truth no matter what word(s) he uses. Why, why, oh why does the MSM not get held to account individually by name for their lying propaganda? One of the best reactions to a politician that I can remember was to Newt Gingrich in a Debate when he called them out. We need to see more of that.


6 posted on 12/23/2014 12:02:41 PM PST by I am Richard Brandon
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To: afraidfortherepublic

now the ivory tower is doing this with the word secular.

secular=atheist=good.


7 posted on 12/23/2014 1:16:45 PM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: afraidfortherepublic
How strange is the Obama principle: “I will brag about the results of how my failed efforts did not stop something I opposed.”

If you have the media in your pocket you can get away with that. 0bama does, and they'd rather the country die than admit they were wrong.

8 posted on 12/23/2014 1:28:52 PM PST by Billthedrill
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