On the evolution of language and the "W" word [View all]

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Faux "news" and "Judge" Jeanine Pirro are still flogging the fake Benghazi "scandal" for every drop they can get out of it. This Saturday, Pirro attacked former CIA director Michael Morell as a "political whore" and accused him of lying to Congress to protect Hillary Clinton.

http://crooksandliars.com/2014/04/foxs-pirro-calls-former-cia-director

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Political Whores Form Brothel

The executive director of the Republican Governor's Association and the executive director of the Democratic Governor's Association announced today that they are getting together to sell their mutual political connections to the highest bidder.

THE POLITICO reports that RGA head Phil Cox and DGA head Colm O'Comartun are now ready to completely abandon any pretense of ideals or, indeed, care for any cause greater than their own bank accounts. They are forming "a bipartisan consulting firm that will help corporate clients navigate state governments," which is the very highest calling of those who have entered the noble field of politics. Their new brothel, 50 States LLC, will be a one-stop shop where corporate interests can get all of their strategic consulting needs met by seasoned political operatives unburdened by any form of mortal soul. No longer will you, the corporate client, need to hire a Democratic firm to pursue your interests with Democrats, and a Republican firm to pursue your interests with Republicans; now, you can hire one firm that believes in absolutely nothing except the almighty dollar, saving you a great deal of hassle.

http://gawker.com/political-whores-form-brothel-1671380006

For the record, this piece has in it the definition of the term, in better language than Urban Dictionary.

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California NOW President: 'Meg Whitman Could Be Described As A Political Whore'

Last week, the National Organization for Women and the PAC of the California NOW chapter took heat for their endorsement of state Attorney General Jerry Brown (D) over Meg Whitman (R) in the gubernatorial race in the wake of comments by a Brown aide that Whitman was a "whore." At the time, national NOW President Terry O'Neill said that anyone who "from here on" calls a woman a "whore" should be fired.

She might want to have a talk with California NOW President Parry Bellasalma, who today told TPM in response to a question that "Meg Whitman could be described as 'a political whore.' Yes, that's an accurate statement."

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/california-now-president-meg-whitman-could-be-described-as-a-political-whore

Two points

These are all in the first page AFTER the definition from Urban dictionary. They are in order of appearance in my google search. The search term was "political **^&(&" We cannot cannot use the actual word because it is magical. This is how language is evolving. You will see this horrible term used increasingly in politics. It matters little what you do, or how much you complaint.

Now, this does not mean I would necessarily use the term in a news article. But you would be shocked how many times I have heard it used to describe politicians on both sides of the aisle and genders, in the recent past. The usage has increased by orders of magnitude in the last two years. And I fear, from reading the entries on the google that we are late to the party in my little cul de sac, that aparently is not part of the country anyway.

As you can see, the NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF WOMEN did go there and called Fiorina that. You have a fox personality who happens to be a woman and black use the term for a male. And Gawker used it for a K street firm run by two WHITE males.

Now I expect the outrage brigade to tell me how this is not real, never mind it is actually sourced. Fortunately I have a World Health Organization report to read... and there is no storm, so better take advantage of THAT! (Literally calm before the storm, by two we will see if Dolores once again becomes painful... yeah play on words... but you need to speak Spanish to get it I s'pose and I would not be good enough to explain that joke. After all what would a native speaker know?)