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Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo
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A few years back I wrote that the Right, particlarly the Republican Right, attempst to define and redefine language in their political efforts. I was ridiculed by a few members, of which Haplo was not one, for this assertion. I think that we can see the latest in the efforts of wordsmithing by the GOP thinkers here. This is a term that was reintroduced (and redefined) by Dinesh D'Souza (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinesh_D'Souza) in an effort to negatively categorize Barack Obama. What is most interesting about this term is the implication that the United States is an imperial power, or neo-imperial to be precise. Prior to this, Republican mantra held that this was never the case. Is this to be the latest philisophical concession?