Dog whistles, walk-backs, and Washington handshakes
Subtitle: decoding the jargon, slang, and bluster of American political speech
By: Chuck McCutcheon and David Mark ; forword by Jeff Greenfield
Contributors: Mark, David, 1973- author; Greenfield, Jeff, author of foreword
Publisher: ForeEdge
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Lebanon, NH
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9781611686036; 9781611687002
Subjects: Political science; Dictionaries; Terminology; English language
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Bed-wetters, sherpas, squishes, and other personality types; title: "With all due respect, I deeply regret holding you in minimum high regard": only-in-politics expressions; title: Going downtown through the Overton window to play in the endgame: people, places, and things, both real and imagined; title: On a glide path with an odd couple to nut-cutting time: the legislative process; title: Dead money, dog whistles, and droppin' the G's: the lingo of campaigns and elections; title: Having to explain blowback on the tick-tock: the media and scandals.