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Re: Words and Phrases That Should Be Banned from the Language
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Originally Posted by 1069
"plain and simple".
They've gotten better about it, but a few years ago, conservatives used to proceed their every moronic utterance with this phrase.
I'm not sure whom they were all emulating; I never heard anyone other than a fringe-y conservative extremist use this phrase, but they all used it, all the time. And they still do, occasionally.
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Oh yeah...Check out these fringe-y conservative extremists... 
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“Democrats are prepared to hear from a single witness today, a Georgetown Law student, Sandra Fluke, to testify before the committee,” Pelosi said in her opening remarks.
“We are proud to bring Sandra before our Steering and Policy Committee to deliver the testimony she was denied last week, to stand firm in the cause of women’s health -- to no longer be held silent. Sandra is a bold and passionate leader for young women and all women, at Georgetown and across the country. She understands that this issue that we’re discussing is a matter of women’s health, plain and simple.”
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Obama on Death Panels: "It's a Lie, Plain and Simple"
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Rep. Mike McMahon (D-SI), meanwhile, said he'll return just $1,000 of the $70,000 he got from the disgraced Harlem Democrat.
A spokesman for McMahon insisted all of the money was clean, but said McMahon nevertheless would return $1,000 received after ethics investigations of Rangel opened in July 2008.
"These accusations about contributions from Congressman Rangel are a manufactured issue, plain and simple. Congressman McMahon's potential opponents would like nothing more than to see him with less money in his coffers," the campaign wrote in a statement to The Post.
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hosted the first-ever event at the State Department to commemorate Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) Day on Feb. 16.
...“Let’s be clear,” Clinton said. “This is a deeply entrenched practice. We need to be unrelenting and understand what works.” She said that it is important to approach the work to end FGM/C with humility. Honest and direct conversation with those with first-hand experience with this issue makes all the difference. To those who would argue that local customs should be respected, Clinton argued that many cultural practices that used to be common are now seen as inexcusable. “[FGM/C] is plain and simple a human rights violation.”
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James Clyburn on Immigration
What my amendment does is simply says that the U.S. Government cannot tip off the Mexican officials as to where these folks are located. Plain and simple, nothing fancy about it. I am sure the Border Patrol will say, oh, no, we are not doing that, and yet one of the Web pages of the Secretary of Mexico had the information very explicit, and we just do not believe that is a good practice.
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Of course, you know I could do this all day... 
In fact, quoting Dems using this phrase would be very....ummm....errrr....
What two words am I thinking of again?... 
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