And job killing regulations.

"i care deeply about...", for instance, carries great import when uttered by most people, but when uttered by most politicians, it usually means "i know a good chunk of my constituents care deeply about this and i need to be seen echoing that concern, even if i will do nothing about it."

Because rarely is any respect actually shown.

especially people speaking publicly (on news programs, etc), but you know they don't mean it.

Bugs the crap out of me. lol

especially when they pronounce it: "foh-werd".

Also, "at the end of the day" --- Joe Sestak used to use that one repeatedly. I still like him though.

"Let me be clear....", It is so overused and meaningless, more like a filler phrase.

"Believe me" reminds me when people say, "I swear to god", usually means they are lying.

"The fact of the matter is...." - just filler words.

Something can rarely be called a "lie" - it is "patently false" or "categorically untrue". So many unnecessary words are used to just say that it is not true.


Also I've noticed that when politicians answer a question with "Absolutely" instead of just "Yes" or "Of course", there seems to be some underlying deception there. I can't exactly explain it, but it often rings false.

or "I speak for ALL the American People" - Pathetic, boring, and insulting our intelligence...

"The American people want............" or "The American people have spoken, and......" - As if all the people are on the same page.

But to Republicans, PC has become shorthand for all the egregious, liberal assaults they suffer against their plantation ideology .

I don't know if that qualifies as "meaningless" but it's definitely a perversion of the meaning of the term

It used to refer to the ideas of Rand, Friedmann, Hayek, etc. Nowadays it's a meaningless term of abuse usually aimed at people who oppose those ideas.