Bushvolk
n.— «Their votes support our troops by making the administration accountable. This isn’t micromanagement, as the Bushvolk maligned. It is input by the branch of government this president needed to begin the war but discounted once it had begun.» —“Inside the Liars Den” by Rhonda Chriss Lokeman Kansas City Star (Kansas City, Kansas/Missouri) Apr. 29, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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