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To: Jim S who wrote (22946)	7/5/2006 5:40:54 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541348

[BTW, since when did the conservatives get labeled "Red?" Just wondering.] It was when the TV news reporting election returns picked those colors. Originally they weren't unanimous on color but eventually adopted the red and blue pattern. I no longer remember all the details on that process but that's the gist of it.

To: Jim S who wrote (22946)	7/5/2006 5:53:10 PM
From: KonKilo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541348

Sorta like the word "liar" being used in a similar manner. Being wrong isn't necessarily being a liar. If you are referring to GWB and the run-up to the Iraqi invasion, I agree that 'liar' is not exactly the word I would use, although I don't know an alternative word for "had already made up his mind to invade, so he cherry-picked the intel and hyped it shamelessly to We The People". Maybe the Germans have one; they seem to specialize in one word terms to describe complex situations. There is plenty of blame to go around as to who caused it, but the ideological schism in this country is getting worse... The post that started this discussion mentioned the casual labeling of reformers as "traitors". From Gingrich's infamous "Language: A Key Mechanism of Control": Words to describe Democrats: "Anti-flag, anti-family, anti-child, anti-jobs, betray, coercion, collapse, consequences, corruption, crises, decay, deeper, destroy, destructive, devour, endanger, failure, greed, hypocrisy, ideological, impose, incompetent, insecure, liberal, lie, limit(s), pathetic, permissive attitude, radical, self-serving, sensationalists, shallow, sick, they/them, threaten, traitors, unionized bureaucracy, urgent, waste"