Alan Greenspan:  Great sage.  Effectively ended long standing practice of Fed Chairman keeping their own political opinions to themselves.

bipartisanship:  Noble.  Fool's bet in current practice.

budget deficits:  Mysterious imbalance between money coming in and going out.  Almost never the fault of the party in power.

character:  An attribute quickly losing all meaning.  Slowly replacing patriotism as the last refuge of scoundrels.

conservatism:  A philosophy that holds the past takes precedent over the future.  Currently characterized by exploding budget deficits and unending foreign entanglements.

draft:  Controversial.  Made unnecessary by the frequency of National Guard deployments overseas.

Enron:  Victim of its own success.  Undefeated champion of the California Energy crisis.

France:  Snooty.  Misguided underwriter of the American Revolution.

gay marriage.  Greatest threat to the family.  Divorce a close second.

heroism.  No longer attributed to those with medals or great achievements.  Reserved for those exhibiting cocky swagger.  

Iraq:  A mess.  Locals not working out as expected.

Jesus:  Saves.  Arrested for vagrancy at the Second Coming.

Libertarianism:  Competing with Anarchism for the utopian dreamer crowd.

nation building:  Bad in 1994.  Just the ticket in 2004.

neoconservatives:  Wrong in the 1970's, 80's and 90's.  Visionary in the 21st Century.

progressive taxation:  Difficult to defend.  95% of Americans think they are in the top tax bracket.

Pundits:  Sad group.  Arbiters of the Conventional Wisdom minus the wisdom part.

Red States:  Home of strength, virtue, and common sense.  Historically first in line at the Federal teat.

stem cell research:  Dawn of a new era in medical research.  Best left to foreign scientists and institutions.

Ten Commandments:  Best displayed in government office buildings.  Not taken seriously when placed in church lobby.

Terror alerts:  Colorful but confusing.  May be based on what Secretary Ridge had for breakfast three years ago.