phony

• “One thing is certain; this country has endured many periods of debt and the term phony crisis is warranted.”

  The Huffington Post: Pat LaMarche: The Stock Market Reacts Negatively to Bad Economic Compromises That Threaten Consumer Spending

• “Mr. Picard is seeking to recover what he calls phony investment profits withdrawn from the firm by Mr. Madoff's relatives, money they earned while working there, and funds they spent on credit cards and other purchases.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Judge Dismisses Some Madoff Claims

• “This phony is an embarrassment to all who have honorably served our country.”

  Heroes or Villains?

• “Silberman said that unlike the criticism of Scalia and Thomas, which he termed phony issues, O'Connor's advocacy "is a real ethical issue.”

  USA Today: Critics fault retired Justice O'Connor over ethics

• “While juggling roles as mother/musician has its inherent obstacles "I'm committed to both," she says, Brown's major hang-up in the age of instant access and immediate feedback might involve self-promotion and what she calls the "phony" aspects of social media.”

  The Huffington Post: Michael Bialas: Why Pieta Brown Digs the Music of Dylan, Dire Straits and her Dad

• “ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: Tonight, Barack Obama says enough of what he calls phony outrage about lipstick and pigs and too little real outrage about the economy, even as the McCain forces take new umbrage alleging another smear attempt against Sarah Palin.”

  CNN Transcript Sep 10, 2008

• “McCain forces said that -- excuse me Senator Obama fired back, basically, at the McCain campaign today sharply what he called phony outrage.”

  CNN Transcript Sep 10, 2008

• “Mr. Cox's criticisms of the agency came as investigators searching the offices of Mr. Madoff's firm in New York City discovered what they described as phony sets of records used to cover up its alleged $50 billion fraud, even as it became clear that Mr. Madoff was trying to attract new investors as recently as early December.”

  The Wall Street Journal: SEC to Probe Its Ties to Madoffs

• “Coming up, did Rush Limbaugh really insult what he called phony soldiers, or is this a fake controversy whipped up by his critics?”

  CNN Transcript Oct 7, 2007

• “I spoke with Senator Kerry just a little while ago and I started by asking for his reaction to Bush advisers who say they are already doing much of what Kerry advocates and that his criticism amounts to what they call phony politics.”

  Hullabaloo

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