Tawnos
Regular Member
The use of portmanteaus in political commentary and satire is a LONG and honorable practice. Mark Twain was perhaps the master of this in the USA, and people like Oscar Wilde and Charles Dickens used it to great effect too.
Personally, I find clever wordplay in political discourse to be a sign of intelligence, creativity, and the ability to "think outside the box". And those who would object to this practice must, to my understanding, lack these traits.
That's all I have to say about that...
Perhaps if the jibes were clever, new, used pointedly, etc. Instead we get the SOS play (Same old sh-t). Wow, you made Obama into Obozo, good for you *pat on head for the special needs child*. Oh, you're special, calling Bush "Shrub", never heard that one before, want a lollipop?
It's the most obvious example of in the box thinking, because it's just repeating hatred without explication of problematic policy and potential solutions.