For anyone who finds it difficult to translate some of the GOP's political language, please consider this a guide on how to interpret what they say and what they mean:
What they say: "Girly men" (a phrase coined by Gov-ee-na Ah-nold)
What they mean: All grown men who don't grope women are punks.
What they say: "We're being honest."
What they mean: "We're telling lies or being delusional; but we do so by using declarative statements." For example, 'We'll be treated like liberators' and 'Victory is on the march'.
What they say: "Stay the course"
What they mean: "Let's keeping doing the same crazy shit over and over again; even if it's clearly not working."
What they say: "You're being an alarmist"
What they mean: "So what you've got all that fancy-shmancy science to prove your point. We've got God.
What they say : "We need to teach abstinence"
What they mean: "Ignore the reality that youth really are having sex."
What they say: "We're pro-life."
What they mean: "We're pro-life up until the person is born. At that point, they're on their own."
What they say: "We value our environment."
What they mean: "We value the areas where we allow corporations to dump their waste."
What they say: "God is on our side."
What they mean: "God is our senior presidential advisor."
What they say: "Let me clarify something."
What they mean: "Let me keep reusing the same lie and/or delusion over and over again."
What they say: "We're experiencing job growth."
What they mean: "Americans are now working two and three jobs to make up for losing their good paying jobs to India."
What they say: "We don't support junk science."
What they mean: "We don't support any theory based on data, research, experimentation and rigorous testing that interferes with corporate profitability. What we do support is religious text."
What they say: "We will not tolerate incompetence."
What they mean: "Except if it comes from our President or anybody his administration. We'll support them through and through.
What they say: "God Bless America."
What they mean: "And only America (and maybe England)."
- ACL