Why does President Obama refer to America

[Subdivisions]

by the Orwellian term "The Homeland", coined by the Neocons?

[Skittles]

1. because it pleases the Neocons?

[TriMera]

2. +1. n/t

[Art_from_Ark]

3. He was listening to "Edelweis"

and thought he was in Austria? :shrug:

[tavalon]

4. At least he didn't call it the Fatherland

but yeah, that squicks me.

[truedelphi]

5. Both his handlers and his closest buddies have asked him to do this.

I am sure that everyone in the Bush family, From George the Elder to George W and Laura Bush are as pleased as can be.

See. They may have had to abandon the office of the Presidency, but they can relax knowing their traditions of "homeland" are as "secure" as ever.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

6. Homeland sounds awfullly 1930s

how about 'our country'

[soryang]

7. Because he's an imperialist

there's the homeland and the outlands. we oppress the homeland and conquer the outlands.

"Imperialists don't rule by consent of the governed." Chalmers Johnson

[area51]

8. Because he's a DINO. n/t

[SammyWinstonJack]

12. +1000!

[tblue]

9. Why does he say there was a "Christmas bombing"?

There wasn't.

[emulatorloo]

10. Dunno. Why is DU so obsessed with word parsing? n/t

[Catshrink]

11. It's a bipartisan term

:shrug:

[pgodbold]

13. Because clues were not on sale that day. nt