Mainstream and establishment - new code words?

Since Graham first referred to the republicans present as being part of the mainstream during his opening statement for the Alito hearings I've heard that word used repeatedly - even from at least one of the panel members today - regarding republicans only. Then today on the radio I heard 'establishment', as in, "Alito is part of the mainstream, the establishment...' Perhaps I'm being overly sensitive - has anyone else noticed this?

and the media dutifully repeats them.

The Democrats provide nothing, I'm afraid, except a few politicians and party hacks who think the game is about actual debate.

I guess you could call it, from the left has been the 'culture of corruption' but until both parties are willing to suck it up and admit to historic pandering to industry and special interests it'll get nowhere. In fact it's already being used against them.

Marginalizing a whole segment of the populace by party affiliation, however, always gains ground.

they got together and all went out with the same theme song. They simply need to do it more often and march in lockstep until those bums are tossed.

Problem is, Democrats don't like parroting like the GOP does. They like to think for themselves and use their own words, because they have engaged brains. They'll simply have to overcome that, because media is geared up to pander to the moron...ya gotta hit them with it, hit 'em again, knock 'em down with it, and then, when they get back up, hit 'em one more time.

As for this "bipartisan scandal" bullshit, it ain't one. The greedy bastards in the GOP did us a HUGE favor with their K Street project. Of course we know that very few have totally clean hands on either side of the aisle, but our scruffy gloves look pristine compared to the GOP, who have shit up to their elbows! We, as a consequence, have the opportunity to plow forward without that lobbying albatross around our neck, and we can tar them with the "thieves, bums and liars" brush for quite awhile hereafter.

But, I'm not referring just to DeLay's meddling in the makeup of K-Street and Abramoff - those ARE Republican issues. We all know, however, that the right isn't going to allow the focus to remain on just their guys, don't we? They will bring up history as old as necessary to prove how corrupt the democrats are as well. In fact, that has already begun, with the spotlight on some guy in Louisiana accepting bribes (not even and apples to apples comparison, imo).

Pelosi, et al should be more specific and start hollerin' about the Medicare drug bill, a PRIME example of the influence of industry on legislation and the effect DeLay and his kind have on every American by their actions on K Street. I have to wonder WHY, sometimes, the left does not speak out more against industry influence.

I have noticed several columnists and bloggers using the term "failed state" to refer to both Iraq and the Palestinian Authority. How long before we have to start using it to describe this country?

of the phrase "mainstream media" (MSM).

The correct term is "war profiteering corporate news monopolies."

The war profiteering corporate monopolies give a BIG TRUMPET to the rightwing views, way out of proportion to its numbers, thus creating the ILLUSION of support for Bush, war and a trillion dollar deficit, and we (bad DUers) then confirm this far right skew as the "mainstream" by calling the purveyors of this false, lying, pervasive ILLUSION "the mainstream media."

If you use the phrase "mainstream media" to describe fascist news monopolies, then you can expect to find Republicans throwing this false notion of what the "mainstream" is back at you as a description of themselves.

Everything they do is just so lousy and halfassed, and, well, LAME.