My list:
Bill O'Reilly
Keith Olbermann
"and I approved this message"
"I know how to do it"
"I've been tested"
"Please donate"
"battleground states"
"sexism"
"racism"
"polls"
"red state"
"blue state"
"flag pin"
"Clinton"
"Bush"
@rosborne979,
"Main Street," in any political context
any words that have come out of the mouth of george w. bush.
"Lipstick"
"Pitbulls"
"Pitbulls with lipstick"
"Thanks but no thanks...."
Oh, and how about gratuitous winking? Can we axe that too?
"pals around with Republicans"
@Rockhead,
Yes! Hockey mom, definitely. And any kind of palling around.
Bradley effect
Battleground states
Here's one I just detest, though it has a much longer history than this electoral cycle. The first time I noticed it was with Bush Sr
"it sends a message"
"sends a message"
"scars to prove it"
"our opponent"
"reform"
"urgent campaign update" (like it's going somewhere...?)
"3:00AM"
"celebrity"
"early"
T
K
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By the Media talking heads who fill up their air time with speculation:
What does McCain have to do to......?
What does Obama have to do to.....?
What does Palin have to do to......?
What does Biden have to do to.....?
What do the spin-doctors speculate about?
What do the spin-doctors interrupt and yell about?
What are staff leakers of inside information goals?
What increases the ratings of ranting talk radio opinionaters?
Etc. etc. etc.
BBB
I've got him right where I want him.
"bomb bomb. bomb, bomb iran".
without preconditions
liberals are trying to steal christmas
"bounce your boobies"
rush limbaugh
"on message"
"THIS IS EXCELLENT NEWS FOR [name of candidate]"
"Kevin Mannix"
"Bill Sizemore"
(Sorry. It's a local election thing. I don't know if that counts. Local politics makes national politics look like a spa day.)
What I would like to axe after the election are "landslide", and "mandate".
Has anyone mentioned "battleground states" yet?
