tough-talk

Their sandbox tough-talk and ersatz bravo have debased both public and private dialogue.

Paula Gordon: Only a Pawn in Their Game Paula Gordon 2011

This election is too important to lose, and it seems like Obama is the better contrast to McCain: youth versus age, inspiration and hope versus tough-talk and fear, the future versus the past, etc.

Rudy Appears To Be Finished As McCain Wins Florida Primary 2009

Its not an easy challenge to realize that twenty-first century trash-talk, tough-talk, Everythings fine, I can do it all bravado can be just that.

Childhood Unbound Ron Taffel 2009

It's irrelevant to the fact that Matthews asked Cantor to back up his tough-talk and Cantor curled up in a ball.

Chairman Exchange Quips 2007

Its not an easy challenge to realize that twenty-first century trash-talk, tough-talk, Everythings fine, I can do it all bravado can be just that.

Childhood Unbound Ron Taffel 2009

McCain will spout off tough-talk bullshit and they'll eat it with a cherry on top.

Obama Holds Lead In Today's Tracking Polls 2009

And it surely makes for better partisan politicking to turn every Muslim into the enemy and use John Wayne tough-talk while hiding behind the American flag.

Andy Ostroy: Obama's Speech to Muslims: More Humility and Statesmanship in Two Hours than in the Eight Years 2009

With their ideological certitude and intellectual firepower, the neocons seem to believe they can will the results in the field much the way they dominate dinner-party conversations in Washington, with tough-talk, bluster and a readiness to question the patriotism and courage of anyone who doesn't agree.

Printing: Obama Pleases the Neocons 2009

I would suggest there are as many uninformed Clinton supporters who like the name Clinton and Hillary's tough-talk as there are Obama supporters who like to hear him talk about Hope and Change.

Krugman: "Most Of The Venom" In This Race Comes From Obama Supporters 2009

Instead of a plethora of battle scenes in space, we get tough-talk in the halls of diplomacy (a holdover from The Android's Dream, perhaps?) and scenes of hardship in the fields of a new colony.

REVIEW: The Last Colony by John Scalzi 2007