platitudes

• “The cynic of forty sneers at what he terms the platitudes of commencement addresses.”

  Craftsmanship in Teaching

• “The president avoided the temptation to speak in platitudes and sound bytes, and the Republicans went a long way toward showing that they are hardly a party of obstructionists with no solutions to offer Americans. brian says:”

  Matthew Yglesias » Obama at the House GOP Retreat

• “With stern resolve evident on their grim faces, a parade of Republicans issue thin platitudes about the principle of the act, assuring reporters that they did the right thing when it would surely cost them their careers next election.”

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• “He tends to shrug and speak in platitudes anyway, and so he deflected credit to the receivers themselves, for how they've worked.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Giants Receivers Swear by Eli

• “As others examine the bill and ask questions, you see the house leadership responding in platitudes, claiming that overall it will help the economy, etc.”

  Matthew Yglesias » Is The Country Paying a Price for Anti-Earmark Fever?

• “To the limited extent that Clinton directly engaged with matters of legislative sausage-making during the campaign, she spoke in platitudes along the lines of traditional Democratic interest group coalition-building.”

  Matthew Yglesias » Presidential Overpromising

• “They can do so either as combatants or as neighbours. it sounded like platitudes from a boy with a banana.”

  House Points: David Miliband goes bananas

• “Charley Hapgood, that fellow who speaks always in platitudes?”

  Chapter 45

• “He talks in platitudes and generalities and won't commit on anything.”

  Source says some Democrats frustrated with health bill

• “He just talks in platitudes and has no idea how to get things done.”

  Think Progress » Rubio Admits Repealing Health Care Isn’t Realistic, But Says GOP Should Campaign On It Anyway

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