cathy_edgett) wrote, cathy_edgett "In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible. Thus, political language has to consist largely of euphemism, question-begging, and sheer cloudy vagueness. Political language [is] designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable."
-- George Orwell, "Politics and the English Language," 1945.
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