(July 25, 2012 at 5:51 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote: Just a humble suggestion for the world, I noticed in the news that the Romney campaign has been trying to stoke faux-outrage over Obama's supposedly "anti-business" attitude. The manufactured outrage is based on a selectively edited quote from a speech of Obama's.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum..._blog.html
The late, great Andrew Britebart blazed this trail and proved how effective it can be with his success in slandering both individuals and organizations through deceptive editing of footage. Britebart proved that the truth doesn't matter as long as you have a slick video editing software package. Now that the tactic has proven so successful, we can expect to see more of it in the future.
I therefore propose a new verb, "Britebarting" (formerly known as "slandering" and "quote mining") to honor his accomplishment in this field. This was, after all, what he dedicated his life to and he should be remembered for it.
I have no issue with the new verb, but there are two points I would like to address. If Breitbart is to be a verb then it also must carry the meritorious meaning of exposing neerdowells in government employ (Acorn representatives anybody?). My second point suggests that we should identify a liberal hack, just as Breitbart was a conservative hack, to name a verb after; for doing the same thing, but with different motiviation. News broke today that Obama's serendipituous run-in with three veterens at a diner was staged.
At this point in the election cycle, not to say that the previouis cycle was really anymore meaningful, both candidates will spend treasure troves of money given to them by people with a vested interest in complacency. Each candidate, and their campaigns, know full well that it is now purely a popularity contest. They must each scare the shit out of the base to make sure they show up (gay marriage, abortion, guns, the environment, imigration, health care, high speed rail, postal costs, education, etc). The middle of the political spectrum isn't so easily horrified and wants to know what each candidate's potential solution is on these issues. Fuck off, is the real answer. We'll hear potential solutions, as we always have, that have the strange characteristic of evaporating once the oath of office is rendered.
Here is the verb we ought to use when considering politics: BOHICA (bend over, here it comes again). I got this from a radio peronality, but it seems to fit. Neither candidate really cares. Breitbart? Fine. BOHICA is better since it sheds any political affiliation and is much closer to the truth.
