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arely staircase

(12,482 posts) Sun Oct 20, 2013, 06:23 PM Oct 2013

ok. here is my contribution to words I am tired of hearing [View all]

"Boots on the ground" from talking heads on the teevee.

If they are active duty or retired military or part of the military's civilian chain of command, fine. But if they are some pasty think tank mouthpiece. I dont want to hear it.

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ok. here is my contribution to words I am tired of hearing [View all] arely staircase Oct 2013 OP

Anything with the word Obama in it. Just can't take the media anymore. MichiganVote Oct 2013 #1

he gets a pass arely staircase Oct 2013 #2

He gets a pass. Its the media who freaks out everytime the guy breathes. MichiganVote Oct 2013 #11

Kick the can down the road. libdem4life Oct 2013 #3

gravitas nt arely staircase Oct 2013 #5

Bipartisanship. BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 #4

'The South' placed right before a broad generalization on the DU. renie408 Oct 2013 #6

For that matter, kentauros Oct 2013 #10

Regarding boots on the ground, they seem to count per head, not per boot. NoOneMan Oct 2013 #7

hah good point nt arely staircase Oct 2013 #8

Unless a boot truck overturned. kentauros Oct 2013 #12

"In the process of..." GreenStormCloud Oct 2013 #9

That is an annoying cliche, for sure. MineralMan Oct 2013 #13

Amen, along with skin in the game treestar Oct 2013 #14

"Both sides are at fault" MiniMe Oct 2013 #15

"Boots on the ground" Hutzpa Oct 2013 #16