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| This is how I feel right now. |
In just four days, America will take to the polls and decide who will be the next people to completely ignore the wishes of their constituents. This means that in just five days, we'll be free of all those annoying political television and radio ads and I literally could not be more excited. They're very repetitive and tend to use the same sound bites and phrases over and over. In celebration of our liberation from political propaganda, I have compiled a list of my least favorite phrases/words that I will be excited to not hear again for a long time... or to at least hear less frequently.
"Job creator/killer": I get it. The unemployment rate is high and you're going to change that and your opponent is going to be the Jeffrey Dahmer of jobs. How about telling us how you're going to accomplish this instead of just spouting the same overused phrases?
"Swing state": (and all of the names of the swing states... OHIO, I'M LOOKING AT YOU)
"Birth certificate": OBAMA WAS BORN HERE, GET OVER IT.
"Nancy Pelosi": This one comes courtesy of Michele Bachmann, who seems to think she's running against Nancy based on some of her radio ads.
"Obamacare": I'll send you to the hospital for some Obamacare if you don't shut up.
"Activist judges": What the hell is an activist judge? This is one people like to spout whenever a judge makes a ruling they disagree with. It's really a poorly defined concept and as a social scientist, poorly defined concepts make me angsty.
"Traditional marriage": This one needs to go away as well. Which tradition are we talking about?
"Loving, Committed, Same-Sex Couples": I know, I know, I'm very for GLBT rights but this one is over used and contains way too many adjectives.
"Yes/No": I know I won't be able to avoid this one completely, but at least I won't have to see it everywhere with all the constitutional amendments voted on.
"Amendment": Can we just not do anything with our constitution so I don't have to hear this word in eight different commercials?
"The children": A hypothetical group of future spawn that apparently are very fragile as they need constant protection. Vote for my guy or the other one will eat your children!!!!
"Rick Nolan": So many attack ads about this dude in Minnesota. It's almost as bad as Pelosi.
Anything with ominous music listing the crimes against humanity committed by the various candidates.
"Cut/raise taxes": Everyone is going to cut them and their opponent is going to raise them.
"Bipartisan": What every politician claims to be and what few really are. See also: "across the aisle."
"The women/young/veterans/Latinos/undecided voters/first time voters are going to decide this election.": So basically everyone who votes is going to decide the election. Gee, how insightful.
"Moist": Okay, not a political word but one that should not be used regardless.
"Wasteful spending": If everyone who claimed they were going to cut government spending actually did so, we'd actually be making money instead of spending it.
"Redefine marriage": Partially because of philosophical disagreements, but also because I hear it ALL THE TIME. It needs to stop.
I could keep this list going for quite some time, but I'm already annoyed just thinking about hearing these phrases the next few days. What are some of your least favorite political phrases? Let me know in the comments!
