Matt Yglesias

6 Responses to “Quote of the Day”

1. Bob Oso Says:
   May 21st, 2009 at 12:20 pm

   Euphemisms like “weapons of mass destruction” to mean oil and such.

2. anon Says:
   May 21st, 2009 at 12:30 pm

   Cheney name-drops Saddam Hussein: 1
   Cheney name drops of Osama bin Laden: 0

   I guess it’s kind of hard to argue your response to 9/11 was awesome when, you know, you let Osama bin Laden get away.

   Much better to pivot to Saddam Hussein because hey, even if Iraq was a failure at least it wasn’t as total a failure as the “catch the people responsible for 9/11″ operation.

3. bdbd Says:
   May 21st, 2009 at 1:52 pm

   an oldie but goodie

4. Stefan Says:
   May 21st, 2009 at 2:35 pm

   To be fair, I think it was the Gestapo, not Dick Cheney, that first used the euphemism “advanced interrogation procedures” for torture. Cheney was merely following in the footsteps of his ideological forebears.

5. joe from Lowell Says:
   May 21st, 2009 at 3:05 pm

   Euphemism is all these people have left.

   Hey, what’s the big deal? You afraid to get a terrorist wet?

   Oh, no, they kept him up past his bed time!

   So the air conditioner was turned up, what’s the bit deal?

6. The Golux Says:
   May 22nd, 2009 at 12:19 pm

   Here’s a non-euphemism for Cheney: FOAD.