An incomplete, semi abridged Politics to English Dictionary to be added to at my discretion...

Sometimes it can be a challenge to understand what your politician of choice is actually saying when they use key phrases at the public.  To better comprehend what our elected scumbags really mean when they use their talking points, I have begun aggregating some of the more common codes...

Says:  "Its time to have the conversation about _____." 
Means:  "I'm going to lie to you about a subject that will get me votes/get me paid, and your opinion doesn't matter, plebe."

Says:  "Common-sense."
Means:  "Politically expedient."
Qualifier:  Anytime you see common sense hyphenated and used as a descriptor rather than a noun and you don't have shrimp boots on to protect you from the flood of bullshit, run.

Says:  "Fair share."
Means:  "You dumb bastards think I'm actually fighting for you.  C'est la vie, its mucho revenue."

Says:  "National security"
Means:  "Political security"

Says:  "_____ is a threat to national security."
Means:  "_____ can really embarrass us if it goes public."
Qualifier:  Espionage is when we tell the truth about them, government is when they lie to us.

Says:  "Freedom fighter."
Means:  "Terrorist." 
Qualifier:  these terms are interchangeable depending on who is in office.

Says:  "Racism!"
Means:  "I have no logical point to counter your fact driven argument!"
Qualifier:  This also works for every online argument, ever.  Usually in conjunction with Godwin's law

Says:  "...begun under the previous administration"
Means:  "we are continuing some horrible and probably criminal practice that has no basis in law or human decency and we will get away with it by blaming the previous chief shitbird that at least half of you hate."
See also:  child murder
See also:  indefinite detainment without trial

Says:  "my opponent"
Means:  "My corporate approved co-star"

Says:  "Corporations are people too"
Means:  "We are giving them your money"

Says:  "Too big to fail"
Means:  "We are giving them your money"

Says:  "Our great allies overseas"
Means:  "We are giving them your money

Says:  "We have to tighten our belts."
Means:  "You have to tighten your belt."

Says:  "Pork barrel spending"
Means:  "Someone else's trough slop"

Says:  "Vital infrastructure"
Means:  "My trough slop"

Says:  "Debt limit"
Means:  "There is no limit"

Says: "Phony"
Means:  "Embarrasing"

Says:  "Let me be clear"
Means:  "I preparing to lie to you again"

Says:  "Out of control spending"
Means:  "we won't reduce spending"

Says:  "Unfunded tax cuts"
Means:  "we won't reduce spending"

Says:  "Trillion dollar deficits"
Means:  "still not reducing spending."

Says:  "Obstructionist congress"
Means:  "exactly as designed."

Says:  "We must increase revenue to avert shutdowns"Means:  "You have to give us more money so we can give it to giant corporations and foreign dictators.  If you don't give us this money, we will ruin your life, beat you, throw you in prison, or possibly just shoot you in the face."


Go forth, Dear Reader, and enjoy deeper understanding of political doublespeak!