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It’s Okay, It’s Just A Slimdown

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I’m very late in noticing this but someone, somewhere (cough Republican headquarters cough), in the ongoing effort to re-brand Eric Cantor’s shenanigans as anything but shenanigans, had a meeting and proclaimed that the “shutdown” is actually a “slimdown.” Because a “slimdown” doesn’t sound nearly as bad as a “shutdown,” and actually sounds kind of good, right? Because everybody likes to slim down and lose some weight so their pants fit better. FOX News cough the unofficial news agency of the Republican party cough is completely on board with it. In fact I see FOX News (and only FOX News) “slimdown” headlines in my feed reader going back to October 1. They must have prepared ahead of time.

To be fair, “slimdown” technically is more accurate-it’s just very amusing to see Republican strategy at work. Maybe they think it will poll better with weight-conscious housewives.

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