Thursday, February 01, 2007

Now It's Hogwash Everywhere

Dick Cheney started it.

WOLF BLITZER: ...good Republican friends in the Senate and the
House are now seriously questioning your credibility, because of the blunders and the failures.
Gordon Smith...
CHENEY: Wolf, Wolf, I simply don't accept the premise of your question. I just think it's
hogwash.

Now it's Senator Byrd.

“This administration has claimed that debating the president’s plan will undermine U.S. troops. Hogwash. H-O-G-W-A-S-H.” — Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va.

Just what do these wise ( ) men mean? I guess it's better than some of the language Cheney has used, but not quite up there with Donald Rumsfelds "aw shucks" moments.

hog·wash
[hawg-wosh, -wawsh, hog-] –noun
1.refuse given to hogs; swill.
2.any worthless stuff.
3.meaningless or insincere talk, writing, etc.; nonsense; bunk.

[Origin: 1400–50; 1900–05 for def. 2; late ME. ]
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

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