"It’s fun to listen to Washington talk. Whenever the issue of term limits comes up I say the only term limits I’m interested in is to limit some of the terms used by politicians."
"They speak of course with great caution, because they have to take care not to actually say anything. The truth of this, according to their own words, is that they don’t actually say anything, they INDICATE things."
"As I INDICATED yesterday….the president INDICATED to me ..."
"But sometimes they don’t INDICATE they SUGGEST."
"Let me SUGGEST that as I INDICATED yesterday ....I haven’t DETERMINED that yet".
"You see they don’t decide they DETERMINE. If it’s a really serious matter they make a JUDGEMENT."
“I haven’t made a JUDGEMENT on that ..., when the hearings are concluded I shall make a JUDGEMENT….I might make an ASSESSMENT, I’m not sure, I haven’t DETERMINED that yet, but when I do I will ADVISE you ".
"They don’t tell, they ADVISE."
"I ADVISED him that I had made a JUDGEMENT, thus far he hasn't RESPONDED".
"They don’t answer they RESPOND."
"He hasn’t RESPONDED to my INITIATIVE".
"An INITIATIVE is an idea that isn’t going anywhere."
"When he responds to my INITIATIVE, I will review his RESPONSE, take a POSITION and make a RECOMMENDATION."
"See they don’t read, they REVIEW, don’t have opinions they take POSITIONS and they don’t give advice they give RECOMMENDATIONS".
"At long last, after each has RESPONDED to the other's INITIATIVES and after each has REVIEWED the other's RESPONSES and everyone has taken a POSITION, made a JUDGEMENT and made a RECOMMENDATION, now they have to do something.....but that would be much too direct, so instead they ADDRESS THE PROBLEM."
“We are ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM and we will soon be PROCEEDING".
"That’s a big activity here in Washington... PROCEEDING."
"PROCEEDING, we are MOVING FORWARD", a lot of that goes on."
"Senator, have you solved that problem?"
"Well we are MOVING FORWARD on that."
Now if they are not MOVING FORWARD on that they are moving something else forward, such as the PROCESS.
"We need to move the PROCESS forward, so that we can implement the provisions of the INITIATIVE, in order to meet these CHALLENGES."
"No one has problems anymore, CHALLENGES, that why we need people who can make the TOUGH DECISIONS. TOUGH DECISIONS like, how much soft money can I expect to collect in exchange for my core values, so that I can continue my work in Government."
"Of course no politician would admit to such a lowly status as working in Government, SERVING THE NATION."
"I’M SERVING THE NATION”.
"Another favourite distortion is PUBLIC SERVICE."
"I'm in PUBLIC SERVICE."
"I like America, the food is great but the PUBLIC SERVICE is terrible."
"Now folks a question for you, Do you think it’s possible that one of these politicians, whose judgement is so poor that he honestly thinks of himself as serving the nation, might occasionally be expected to indulge in a little patriotism. Well not only is it possible, it’s inevitable, because that’s when he is at his very best. That's when he trots out the really good stuff."
"All across this great land of ours, the greatest nation on Earth….The greatest nation in the history of the World".
"And in times of military crisis you can be sure that someone, in a suit, in this town, will plant himself in front of a camera and carry on a great deal about..."
“The most powerful nation on the face of the earth"
"Normally during peacetime politicians will refer to the military as..."
“Our young men and women stationed around the world".
"But in war time they quickly become...."
“Our brave young fighting men and women stationed halfway around the world, in places whose names they cannot even pronounce, wondering if they will ever see their loved ones again ".
"For added emotional impact, sons and daughters can always be substituted for men and women and so I think we can sum this up by saying, where the military is concerned, the extent of the politicians insincerity can always be measured by how far around the world our soldiers are stationed and whether any of them can pronounce it "
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