Examples
“When I think of the ridicule Dan got for talking about family values in 1992, and now hear our opponents talking about them in 1994 without ridicule, it hurts me for the Quayles.”
“And Tipper Gore would express the frustration one day in the dining room at NAVOBS when she angrily observed that with the problems that Clinton had, he probably wouldn’t have won in 1992 without the family values exemplified by the Gores.”
“Clearly, however, this is not the case: obviously there have always been good people in every culture and religion, but specifically the Isian religion of that time placed great emphasis on personal responsibility and morality, on upholding family values and respect for all people.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘family values’.
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POL - cool collocations (Noun+Noun)
recruitment proce..., reform blueprint, green paper, white paper, mass walkout, belt-and-braces a..., reform agenda, framework statute, party statute, emergency decree, blanket awareness, defense capability and 104 more...
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Joe the Plumber
Hilariously over-used political talking points, or slogans, labels, etc. Also humorous misspeak. Whatever you want to do with this please do, as long as your entry jogs a memory. Add away.
...team of maveriks, joe the plumber, pork barrel spending, that one, bridge to nowhere, lipstick, arab, nu-cu-lar, battleground states, i approved this m..., hockey mom, 3 am phone call and 165 more...
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POL - what the people want
Promise them these and they'll love you
foster research a..., express solidarit..., boost the level o..., fight tax evasion, streamline the ad..., no concessions in..., alleviate the sit..., boost employment, full employment, order, rule of law, give all things t... and 83 more...
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Public List: Signs of the Times
Words or phrases that are immediately understood now but would have seemed puzzling not too long ago.
Not to be confused with uselessness' Sign of the Times list.mysterious white ..., school shooting, global warming, culture wars, radical islam, car bombing, suicide bomber, bailout, political detainee, greenhouse gases, family values, social lubricant and 1 more...
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Euphemisms
Mostly awful and political.
information campaign, enemy combatant, person of interest, collateral damage, friendly fire, detention centre, children overboard, asylum seeker, health care, national interest, economic management, redeployment and 114 more...
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Apples to Apples: Red Cards
A complete list of the red cards (things) from the popular word game.
bad haircut, carnival workers, grave robbers, Chinatown, a cheap motel, killer whales, UV rays, flat tire, Japan, Michelangelo, Alfred Hitchcock, Cindy Crawford and 734 more...
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Politics as Usual
US political practices and ideas
family values, states' rights, compassionate con..., second homeless, effete liberals, glittering genera..., blitzcraig, vittersweet, dog-whistle, nattering nabobs ..., sound bites, social conservative and 40 more...
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skipvia's Words
syzygy, egg, lossy, catharsis, impuissance, truckle, obsequious, sequoia, sonot khazoot, alizarin, sepulchre, klister and 434 more...
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skipvia See dog-whistle, thanks to chained_bear. Oct 28, 2007