Inspired by my weekend trip to Portland, Oregon and the regional fast food joint Burgerville (slogan: choose fresh. local. sustainable choose burgerville), we’re listing off and outing all meaningless political buzzwords in discourse today.
Here’s our list so far:
- Sustainability
- Smart Growth
- Green
- Reagan Republican
- “It’s right thing to do”
- Moderate
- Diversity
- Synergy
- Political capital
- Surge
- Benchmark
- Blue Ribbon Task Force
- Gravitas
Feel free to list your own meaningless phrases or call in tonight.
-Tom
Don’t forget “Straight Shooter,” “Maverick,” and “America’s Mayor”
Peter Brunson reminds us of a locally-popular buzzword in today’s HJ: “forward-thinking.”
How can you leave out
“for the children”?
“Victory” in Iraq/War on Terror
“War on” anything.
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