July 19, 2011 Gunny G Edit Leave a comment Go to comments
In a Washington deadlocked over taxes and spending, there is nothing more cherished than its favorite metaphor—and nothing more revealing about the way our Beltway establishment thinks.
Look at the ongoing negotiations over raising the debt ceiling. Almost from the beginning, President Obama has been described as being, or hoping to position himself as, “the adult in the room.” This has become the received metaphor, operating as a sort of Gresham’s law of political dialogue: Once introduced, it drives out most any other possible language.
Here are just a handful of examples from the past few weeks:"
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THIS IS "OUR" COUNTRY!!!!!
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