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To: LindyBill who wrote (78591)	10/18/2004 8:52:20 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793895

If You Hear the Codeword, Scream Real Loud! IMAO blog I heard that Bush's mention of the Dredd Scott case in the last debate was a codeword for Roe v. Wade. How devious! Of course, the liberals have codewords too. Here's a list of some of them so you'll be prepared for tonight's debate. LIBERAL CODEWORDS the rich, the wealthy = you e.g. "We’ll fund things by taxing the rich." fair = huge, enormous e.g. "Everyone needs to pay their fair share." progressive (n.) = shrill left-wing nut e.g. "Michael Moore is a prominent progressive." progressive (adj.) = appallingly moronic e.g. "We hope to get into law more progressive policies." choice, women's rights, reproductive rights = abortion choose = abort, kill (this one is really taking hold; it's only a matter of time until we hear a news report about headless prostitutes being found and thus a "serial-chooser" is on the loose) undocumented immigrants = illegal immigrants militants, insurgents = murdering terrorists terrorism = nuisances protestor = stupid, dirty, noisy hippy freedom of speech = liberal speech being forced on everyone by law suppression of speech = criticism of liberal speech climate of fear = sense of reality e.g. "Republicans are trying to win by creating a climate of fear." fit to print = carefully edited to make conservatives look bad e.g. "All the news that's fit to print." Whole phrases can be codes too: "I support the troops but not the war." = "I hope the news reports more casualties I can use as a political bludgeon." "Labels are only to scare people." = "Stop accurately calling me a liberal; I'm trying to hide that." "One person's terrorist is another's freedom fighter." = "I'm such a moral midget, I can't even call people murdering women and children what they are." "You’re questioning my patriotism!" = "Your legitimate attacks on my voting record is making me question my patriotism." "No blood for oil." = "..." There is also one codeword that originated on Democratic Underground and has started to spread elsewhere: freeper = 1. (archaic) someone who posts on Free Republic 2. someone who uses rational thought e.g. "How can you say Edwards didn't completely trash Cheney in the debate in every way possible? I smell freeper."