Speaking Republicanish

Rod Watson offers some definitions for "Republicanish," which, he says, sounds a lot like English, only with different meanings. For example:

sen-si-tive (sens' sa tiv) adj. 1. receiving and responding to stimuli from outside agencies [John Kerry realized that in order to have allies in the war on terror, the United States must be sensitive to other points of view] 2. having or showing keen sensibilities [sensitive to the possibility of being killed, Dick Cheney sought multiple deferments instead of serving in Vietnam]

di-ver-sion (de vur' zhen) n. 1. a diverting or turning aside 2. distraction of attention [the president created a diversion by lauding tax cuts for average Americans while the Congressional Budget Office just reported that the top 20 percent got two-thirds of all the benefits and everyone else got crumbs] 3. anything that diverts or distracts the attention [the GOP used the war-records controversy as a diversion from new Census data showing the income gap between the rich and everyone else has widened]

flip-flop (flip' flap) v. 1. to make an abrupt change, as to an opposite position [the president campaigned four years ago against "nation building," only to flip-flop when seeking a rationale for invading Iraq]; [after initially opposing an independent panel to probe 9/11, the president flip-flopped when public opinion demanded one]

(via The Buffalo News)