Tammy's Take
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Tammy's views are her own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Bill Eagle, or the St. Helens Update See Standard Disclaimer.

It's time the Democrats learn from the Republican strategist the skill of articulating the two or three word culture that has transpired since the appointment of this current administration.
Over the past several years the Republicans have mastered the use of this effective strategy. All of us remember some of their famous lines, such as:

I'm a Uniter not a divider: Bush's decree when he first ran for President.

I am not a nation builder: Bush's decree when running for President.

Wanted Dead or Alive: used by President Bush against Osama Bin Laden after 911.

You can run but you cannot hide: Bushes comments to the Taliban and terrorist.

Axis of Evil: used by Bush against Countries in which he disagrees with.

Weapons of Mass Destruction: used to Lie America into an illegal war.

Shock & Awe: The quote used to start that illegal war.

Mission Accomplished: Bush's words that marked his delusional end to the illegal war.

The Insurgency:  Iraqi people fighting against the American occupation of their Country.

Bring it on: Bush's invitation to the insurgence to kill more Americans

Terrorist Fighters: words the President uses to describe the Iraqi insurgence.

Civil War: the unspoken words that cause 1000 Iraqi deaths per month.

Stay the Course: Republicans words to mean excessive profit for military contractors or keep on lying to the American people.

Terrorist Surveillance Program: Bush's words for domestic spying on American Citizens phone calls, Bank accounts, computer use and library books.

Culture of Life: The republicans' words for butting into other people's private lives.

Family Values: Republican words used to hold liberals and progressives accountable for the lewd actions practiced by the conservatives.

Cut and Run: Latest buzz words used to describe Democratic proposals to withdraw troop from Iraq, unless these withdrawals are ordered by Gen. Casey then it is call Strategic Planning.

Yes the Republicans have flooded the airwaves over the past several years with all kinds of talking points and buzzwords.

So come on democrats, get with the program. Here are some two and three word buzzwords and talking points:

How about Lie and Die: Words used to get America into an illegal war.

Stay and pay: what we have to look forward to for generations to come.

Smaller Government: What the republicans used to espouse.

Trickle down economics: the green river that turns into the sand before it can reach the ocean.

Actually for the Democrats there is only one two-word line that fits all situations when combating the Republican noise machine and it is attributed to none other than the
Reich wings whipping boy, Ted Kennedy, HAD ENOUGH?

Had enough: record deficits, secret meetings, secret surveillance, Outing of CIA operatives, do nothing republican congress, torturing prisoners of war, tax cuts for the top 1% of Americans, borrow and spend drunken republican sailors, record gas prices, no oversight Republican congress, no hearings Republican congress, lying, cheating, stealing, corruption, corporate greed, American Tele-evangical- Taliban, treasonous acts by the President and Vice President, K street back room deals? And many, many more corrupt and illegal acts by this administration and Republican Congress!

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