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Line 53: − − :or one of CPs faves, [[Obamageddon]]. [[User:DanieleGiusto|DanieleGiusto]] 13:41, 16 July 2010 (EDT) Line 79:
Line 77: − − ::: Not sure she was happy about the Nationalized Health Service, to be honest, but I guess you may have made an in-depth study of her views. Brits I've spoken to reckon she'd have lost the 1987 general election if she'd followed her instincts to privatize healthcare. − − ::: Who should we be looking to for good new conservative terms emanating from the UK? Norman Tebbit? Enoch Powell? [[User:BenjyB|BenjyB]] 18:41, 16 July 2010 (EDT) − − :::: I'd like to learn more about conservative thought in England. Please tell us who the real conservatives have been. I'd say that Thatcher has a good, but not great, reputation with the conservative movement in America. Certainly she was far better than the alternative!--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 09:56, 17 July 2010 (EDT) Line 91:
Line 83: − − ::I think perhaps the term does have value beyond name-calling; I can't, offhand, think of another word that expresses precisely the same concept. "Charlatan" and "fraud" are more general, whereas "quack" immediately conveys the information that we're talking specifically about a medical charlatan. --[[User:Benp|Benp]] 12:47, 19 July 2010 (EDT) Line 101:
Line 91: − − == Hollywood Values : Google hits == − − The article states that there are more than 800.000 Google hits for Hollywood values. I just wanted to point out that this applies only if you search for the term UNQUOTED, which is not always a good thing - as you also get results in which the words "Hollywood" and "values" appear in the same paragraph, regardless of whether they are associated or not. For example, you can find several articles about house VALUES in Hollywood, CA, or even in Hollywood, FL. Other articles debate about the "artistic value" of one or another Hollywood movie. − A more precise search for "Hollywood Values", QUOTED, yields about 7,500 results, but this is probably much lower than the actual incidence of the word - as phrases such as "Hollywood and its values" or "the values of Hollywood" would be excluded. − In short, the actual number is somewhere in between 800,000 and 7,500, and we have no way of knowing it for certain. As such, I think that it would probably be best not to speak about "Google Hits", or at least, not to give an exact number, as there is no way of doing it without gross inaccuracies. − By the way, I found an article that states that the term "Hollywood Values" was created by ''Times'' columnist Maureen Dowd; this might be worth a look. http://www.aft.org/newspubs/periodicals/ae/fall2007/sewall.cfm − − == Possibility for 1800's: Carpetbagger == − − While the term originally related specifically to northern politicians interjecting themselves into the politics of the Reconstruction-era south, it has since come to be used for political opportunists in a more general sense. Since this sort of behavior is common among Democrats (Hillary Clinton, anyone?) I'd argue that the term has value as a conservative word. --[[User:Benp|Benp]] 12:52, 19 July 2010 (EDT)
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I've noticed the list does not have any of the Obama portmanteaus, like [[Obamanation]], [[Obamunism]], etc. Shouldn't these terms be added? They are great for described the unfortunate turn this country is taking. [[User:JonS|JonS]] 17:13, 27 June 2010 (EDT)
I've noticed the list does not have any of the Obama portmanteaus, like [[Obamanation]], [[Obamunism]], etc. Shouldn't these terms be added? They are great for described the unfortunate turn this country is taking. [[User:JonS|JonS]] 17:13, 27 June 2010 (EDT)
== Underdog ==
== Underdog ==
:: Thanks for the suggestions, but I'm not sure the above terms meet the high quality level of the entries. Perhaps because "Maggie" was actually not very conservative by American standards? She seemed fine with nationalized health care, for example.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 00:29, 15 July 2010 (EDT)
:: Thanks for the suggestions, but I'm not sure the above terms meet the high quality level of the entries. Perhaps because "Maggie" was actually not very conservative by American standards? She seemed fine with nationalized health care, for example.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 00:29, 15 July 2010 (EDT)
== Possibility ==
== Possibility ==
: Interesting and informative suggestion. However, the term strikes me as name-calling rather than insightful. I'm not sure its use would be consistent with our rules!--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 00:26, 15 July 2010 (EDT)
: Interesting and informative suggestion. However, the term strikes me as name-calling rather than insightful. I'm not sure its use would be consistent with our rules!--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 00:26, 15 July 2010 (EDT)
== Kiss of Death ==
== Kiss of Death ==
::Fixed the link; thanks for the heads-up. [[User:DanieleGiusto|DanieleGiusto]] 13:38, 16 July 2010 (EDT)
::Fixed the link; thanks for the heads-up. [[User:DanieleGiusto|DanieleGiusto]] 13:38, 16 July 2010 (EDT)